By George McBeth About a year ago Erdman Hendricks and Mrs. Calverley put the pressure on me to give a talk about the pioneering days. As we did not come to the Peace River country till 1933 I do not think we can be classed as pioneers. The railroad was here and Dawson Creek was well… Read More

The story of speed skating in B.C. revolves around the arrival of Mrs. Pat Underhill in Dawson Creek in 1955. Mrs. Underhill was herself an active speed skater, and while living in Dawson Creek won the North American Senior Ladies Indoor Championship in 1955, 1956, 1960 and 1961. She organized B.C.’s first speed skating club… Read More

[From information by Mrs. Pat Underhill] The Dawson Creek Speed Skating Club began in the fall of 1956. Mrs. Pat Underhill arrived in Dawson Creek from Calgary, in September of 1955 and immediately began organization of the sport. After the arena was re-opened — it had been closed for a time to allow installation of artificial… Read More

A Personal Account of the Explosion and Fire By Dorthea Calverley On February 13, 1942 Dawson Creek was a small village of five-hundred-odd people, living quietly in an area of six blocks, clustered near the intersection of the street from the station with the road to Fort St. John. In the outskirts were a few isolated homes…. Read More

  1956 Ralph Thomsen 1978 Isabel Peirce 1957 Roger Forsyth 1979 Fran and Beth Schilds 1958 J.J. Hodgkinson 1980 Don McCartney 1959 Efner Johnson 1981 Lillian York 1960 Oliver Swenson 1982 Oscar Wikner 1961 Olive Fynn 1983 Ruth Westcott 1962 Pat Patrick 1984 Gary Lowe 1963 Marjorie Coutts 1985 Sam Wilson 1964 Daphne Phillips 1986… Read More

  Minutes and information on the Dawson Creek Lady Laurier Club that was active from 1947 to 1965. Many pioneer women belonged to this group. Meetings were first held in the “Old Timers Cabin” which stodd on the spot where CJDC is today. The group studied women’s place in Canadian Politics – Verna N. Braden… Read More

Please see the Dawson Creek Pioneer Cemetery records on the Peace Country Roots Group website.

By Day Roberts, South Peace Historical Society The Canadian Heritage Foundation announced on July 31, 1984 that the Northern Alberta Railway Park, train station, and grain elevator had been awarded a National Award of Honor. Dawson Creek Mayor Bob Trail attended the awards banquet in Edmonton October 19, 1984 and accepted the award.  NAR PARK… Read More

Lake View Credit Union LIST OF BOARD PRESIDENTS, 1943 – 1943 (temporary) T.H. Faulkner 1943 to 1959 Ben Miller 1960 Alf Hall 1961 to 1964 Roald Dahlen 1965 to June 1966 Harry Dewar 1966 Lloyd Vandergrift 1967 Murray Ryan 1968 to 1969 Chris Shannon 1970 to 1971 Carl Rose 1972 H. Lindballe 1973 to 1974… Read More

FACTS OF INTEREST ABOUT DAWSON CREEK – 1950 Population in 1941 …………… 518 Population in 1950 (est.)  …………….. 4000 Total land area of the village ………….. 490 acres Land built on …………………… 430 acres Land not built on …………… 60 acres Land exempt from taxes …………… 24 acres Streets, roads, lanes, etc.  ………….. 143 acres… Read More