In 1933 – 1934 Dr. Plenderleith was inspector of schools for the Peace River District and, in subsequent years, organized the Peace area into single consolidated districts. Plenderleith, in a document prepared for the Department, explained what he found in the Peace River area. He wrote that when he was appointed to the Peace River… Read More

Incorporated April 1st, 19461946 – Chairman – Mr. Shaver, Members – Mr. J. H. Clark, Mr. M.C. Simmons, Mr. A. J. Livingstone, Mr. O. Swenson, Mr. A. R. Cameron, Mr. K. O. Aspol 1947 – Chairman – Mr. Shaver, Members – Mr. J. C. Clark (Vice Chairman), Mr. M.C. Simmons, Mr. A. J. Livingstone, Mr…. Read More

I taught in Peace River South School District from 1933 to 1936. My first school was at High Ridge, four and one-half miles from Pouce Coupe, off the road that went to Hythe and Grand Prairie, Alberta. I think the road was relocated some years ago. There were nine pupils enrolled at High Ridge in… Read More

INSPECTORS OF SCHOOLS    1927 – 1928—G. H. Gower 1928 – 1929—Harold L. Campbell 1929 – 1930—Harold L. Campbell 1930 – 1931—Thomas W. Hall 1931 – 1932—W. Ray MacLeod 1932 – 1933—W. Ray MacLeod 1933 – 1934—W. Ray MacLeod 1934 – 1935—Dr. William Plenderleith 1935 – 1936—Dr. William Plenderleith 1936 – 1937—A. S. Towell 1937… Read More

The establishment of a large educational unit in the Peace River District in the 1930’s, the first of its kind in BC, originally was violently opposed by the local taxpayers but generally approved by local teachers. The establishment of the unit may be divided into two phases. The first, in which 37 school districts were… Read More

By Dorthea H. CalverleyThe first thing a new settlers’ group demanded was a school. They could always hold church services in a home or a tent or even out of doors, but a school building was a necessity. In the period from 1910 to 1930, the provincial government would give a grant to cover the… Read More

I was in the Peace River as Inspector of Schools from August 1939 until August 1943. The Peace River was my first inspectorate. At that time there were about 55 schools — 1,500 pupils and some 75 teachers. With the exception of Dawson Creek, Rolla and Fort St. John, all of these schools were under… Read More

The second school in the district was built east of Dawson Creek. It was built in a matter of a couple of years after Everett Miller started the one at Rolla. It was a log building and was constructed near the creek in the approximate location of the Cedar Lodge Motel today. This school serviced… Read More

By Leona (Miller) ProctorThe first three government paid school-teachers for Dawson Creek, Rolla and Saskatoon Creek Schools, arrived at the Harper residence in the Kilkerran district in August 1915. Earlier that year, some of the concerned parents of these districts, seeing the need for schools, held a meeting. It was decided that Mr. A.W. Harper… Read More

By Lucile Palsson (nee Letham)It is hard to recall with absolute accuracy many events of thirty-two years ago…that is how long it has been since I first went north to teach. Dawson Creek was my first teaching job. I had graduated from teacher-training in 1940 and applied for a position in the Peace River, an… Read More