Interviewed by Rick Belcourt, 1973  We moved from Lac St. Ann to Grouard in August 1913. My dad used to have a poolroom across the bay here in Kapound. Where I now live in Grouard – I moved here in 1946 – I used to live across the lake from Aggie (?) here – on… Read More

[Adapted from an interview by Mike Cherry, 1973, and other sources] By Dorthea CalverleyKelly Lake–the name is official, but the stories of its naming vary. Present-day Metis say that there was once a trapper there named Kelly. If so, research has not turned up any reference to him–but there may have been such a man. The… Read More

By Dorthea Calverley[This interview took place on July 17, 1979. The subject of the interview was Mr. Joe Hamelin, long time resident of Kelly Lake. He spoke about his understanding of the conditions between the Indians and the white people when the Indians were taking treaty and getting scrip.]   DHC: Mr. Hamelin, will you… Read More

By Dorthea Calverley  During the summers of 1920 and 1922 R.W. Cautley, [DLS, BCLS, ALS] directed the Alberta-B.C. Boundary Survey southbound on the 120th Meridian of Longitude. They passed a little lake lying just a mile to the west of the line at 550 15’ N. Latitude. In his report he named it “Fritton Lake,”… Read More

(From a 1973 interview with Dorthea Calverley)“Yes, I am seventy-five years old now. I was born near Grouard. My father was Jean Baptiste Rivard. My mother was Indian, a Cree. My grandfather came from Onion Lake in Saskatchewan. He came because there was a big fight there and he moved out”. “Was that the Riel… Read More

Cross-posted: 18-025: Sid Gladu of Kelly Lake Once I was working at Toms Lake grubbing, for a dollar and a half a day – not like now! One boy was a cowboy, breaking horses – lots of horses there. He was about my age. I was young at that time . . . . …. Read More

 By Dorthea H. Calverley [This item is an edited transcription of rough notes apparently intended to lead to an article — the article was not completed] Kelly Lake was not in the Peace River Block. The southern boundary of the Peace River Block is about 5 miles South of Pouce Coupe. – 1883: B.C. agreed to cede… Read More

By Mr. & Mrs. George Hunter, interviewed by Dorthea Calverley. George Hunter was among the very first white trappers to go to the Fort Nelson area, in 1928. As he was just a youth at the time, he readily adapted to companionship with the young Indian fellows, both Beaver and Slavey, and soon learned their language… Read More

By Dorthea Calverley An old-timer whose feats were so well known as to become legendary is often the despair of a would-be biographer. At best such “biographies” become episodic. Such a character was Frank Treadwell, also known as Frank Twidwell. The latter name has been perpetuated at “Twidwell Bend” where the road from Chetwynd to the… Read More

 Interview by Lee J. Phillips [March 21, 1973]Mrs. Eva Paquette is 75 years old and was born at Moberly Lake. Her father’s name was Desjarlais and from the Saulteau Band, and she is a sister of Mrs. Harry Garbitt. Mr. Maurice Paquette came from the Quesnel area many years ago and was a guide. He… Read More