By Dorthea Calverley The first local man to represent the former Peace River Block in the provincial legislature was Glen Braden of Dawson Creek. When the Block reverted to the Province of British Columbia in 1930 the first election returned an outsider. He was Clive Planta, who came North to campaign, was elected, and was never… Read More

 (Interview date February 1, 1929, verified by letter dated March 25, 1929.) Samuel Edward Cushway, Fort St. John, BC aged 63 years [in 1929] was born in London, England, the son of a sailor. As a young man he felt an urge “to get away from the tightness of the British Isles”. He is still that… Read More

Interviewed March 21, 1973 by Lee J. Phillips. Philip Davis was born 78 years ago at Lake Saskatoon and belonged to the Beaver Band but was transferred later to the Saulteaux and was eighteen years old when he came to live in this area. So this is 60 years ago. He must have been in this… Read More

By Dorthea Horton Calverley One August day in 1879 a gentleman and a scholar rode through the pleasant valley in which Dawson Creek is situated. He was no ordinary man and he was not, as some people think, a land surveyorper se. He was staking no lines, no boundaries, no townships and no sections. Nor was… Read More

By Dorthea H. Calverley “Aunt Kate” Edwards was a type as much as she was an individual. Every pioneer community had a woman who stood above the rest in her contributions to society. More often than not they were the midwives to whom many owed their very lives — both mothers and children. Some were like… Read More

By Magnus Eliason My reason for coming to the Peace was to find a quarter section of land and to put in a lifetime of farming. Having grown up on a Manitoba farm, I wanted to be a farmer. Starting out by buying land in the depression just seemed too insurmountable a task so I thought… Read More

By Dorthea Calverley Mrs. Olive Fynn is one who has lived in the Peace River Country. The word “lived” is appropriate. Although she entered “The Peace” as a child, among the earliest comers, she can by no means be thought of as retired. Her zest for life and her sense of humour are as lively as… Read More

By Dorthea H. CalverleyMr. Harry Giles and his wife Marjorie were early-comers to the Peace River Block. In the first years he was a salesman of electric plants for the Lester Company, bringing power to the villages springing up all over the country. The Halfway ranching life of the Tomkins’ spread appealed to him. On… Read More

By Dorthea H. Calverley For over twenty years Evan Larson Hauger was one of the best known men in the BC Peace River area, but outside of his immediate family scarcely a man would have recognized him by that name. “Ed” was the nickname suggested by the signature “E.L. Hauger”, and “Ed” he let it be…. Read More

Box 2394, Dawson Creek, BC September 18, 1945   Mr. Lorne Bumstead, Box 5, Rolla, B.C. Dear Lorne:   Your letter of Sept. 7th re: history of this community, received a few days ago. I am not in a position to give you an actual history as I have no data on this subject. The… Read More