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Author of the article: Beth Wilkins Publishing date: Aug 02, 2021  •  13 hours ago  •  6 minute read  •  • IMG_2672 – Unveiling of Mackenzie Cairn, across Peace River from Fort Fork site, 1929. People arrived at River Lot 19 for the ceremony via various means – sternwheeler D.A. Thomas, car, and perhaps, horse and buggy. Sir Alexander Mackenzie overwintered 1792-93 at the fort on his quest of the Pacific Ocean. Among those attending: (L-R) Hugh Allen; D.M. Kennedy; Kinwell (Joe) Neff (later owner of Fort Fork site land); Frank Smith and James Homer Johnston (discoverer,...

Article content Try refreshing your browser. Weekly Ponderings: People brought character and culture to Peace River - Part 48 Back to video Holcroft was to complete Shaftesbury Settlement boundaries and subdivide three townships in the area of present-day Grimshaw and Griffin Creek. “Like Saint Cyr, the year before, Holcroft was allowed considerable discretion in undertaking his work.” “Those claiming free grants in the northern Shaftesbury for having occupied their [river] lots since prior to the Treaty 8 signing [1899] were: Roman Catholic Diocese of Athabasca (Lots 22, 23); Francis...

Author of the article: Beth Wilkins Publishing date: Jul 05, 2021  •  6 hours ago  •  6 minute read  •  • IMG_0953 – Two horses hang out at fence-line of Henderson Barn on River Lot 5, Shaftesbury Trail, a short distance west of Shaftesbury Ferry. Carm Ellis, in Barns of the North Peace, writes the land reverted to the Crown to become entitled land. It changed hands several times and was bought by Jack (John) Henderson circa. 1938. “It is said that the log work was done by Harry (The Swede) Anderson in 1941 or 1942.” Ellis notes: “At the time, the Dunvegan Trail pas...

Author of the article: Beth Wilkins Publishing date: Jun 28, 2021  •  15 hours ago  •  6 minute read  •  • IMG_1501 – Although the life of a surveyor was not always an easy one, there were times for recreation – not all work and no play. In this photograph of an ALS Weir Album photograph from Judy Lamour’s Laying Down the Lines: A History of Land Surveying in Alberta, we see a surveying crew making music. Photo by SUPPLIED Article content We were reminded in the previous Ponderings of the 1905 addition of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan to Canadian Confede...

Author of the article: Beth Wilkins Publishing date: Jun 22, 2021  •  5 days ago  •  6 minute read  •  • Photograph from Earth Sciences Museum – Dr. E.D.G. Deville, Chief Inspector of Surveys, later Surveyor General, and Director General of Surveys. He was recognized, among other accomplishments, for his introduction and enforcement of a more scientific method of survey and development of phototopography (photogrammetry) used to photograph difficult terrain. Photo by SUPPLIED Article content The last few Ponderings made us aware of the Tomkins family – Peter Tomkins S...