Weekly Ponderings: People brought character and culture to Peace River - part 56
We have shared, over the past few months, for the most part, serious stories, or rather stories about serious events. The most recent – about the Smiths –…
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We have shared, over the past few months, for the most part, serious stories, or rather stories about serious events. The most recent – about the Smiths –…
Author of the article: Beth Wilkins Publishing date: May 10, 2021 • 1 day ago • 6 minute read • • IMG_0506 – Scrip Commissioners (Seated l-r) J.A. Walker and Jean Jean-Léon Côté and Scrip Commission Secretaries (Standing l-r) J.F. Prudhomme and Charles Mair. Photo from David Leonard’s book Delayed Frontier, The Peace Country to 1909, and Saskatchewan Archives Board Photo by SUPPLIED Article content We leave David Thompson, who we and Charlotte accompanied across Canada in his surveying, map-making, and boundary pursuits. As you will recall, he died in 1857, a...