Name of Settler OATS BARLEY WHEAT SHEAVES No. of Acres Bushels No. of Acres Bushels No. of Acres Bushels Scholz, A 20 825 9 375 800 Pohl, W 2000 Bartusek, E. 10 488x 15 564x 5000 Hampel, R. 19 719 9 374 1000 Schoeder, F. 8 150 Dill, E. 4000 F. and W. Wanka… Read More

In return for the aid given by the Canadian government towards the construction of the CPR into British Columbia, one of the conditions of union between Canada and the colony of B.C., the Dominion government had been granted a belt of land 20 miles wide on each side of the line. In all, a belt… Read More

By Mr. HadlandQuestions: (1) When we came into the Peace River Country (2) Why we came into the Peace River Country (3) How we came into the Peace River Country (1) After threshing was completed in the fall of 1927 my brother A.R. Hadland and I decided to visit this Peace River Country that we… Read More

By Dorthea H. CalverleyWhen the Beaverlodge Dominion Experimental Station was converted into a Research Station on the retirement of Mr. C.E. Stacey, the Fairview Agricultural and Vocational College took up some of the functions. Although it is a service of the Alberta Government it is assisted by the Government of Canada and an invaluable service… Read More

By Ruby Stevenson[With excerpts from the Dawson Local of United Farm Women, March 5, 1921] No one knows what motivation prompts people to pioneer a new country. To challenge a country like the Peace River in the early 1900’s — harsh, beautiful and totally lacking in amenities — you had to be of a strong… Read More

By Dorthea Calverley[With acknowledgments to Mr. J. Close and The News, Aug. 18, 1965]The Peace River area was different from other parts of the rural Canadian West in that local government was carried on through a Government agent at Pouce Coupe. To the present day, there is no Rural Municipality. In other provinces the rural… Read More

The elevator now known as Dawson Creek #1 was built in 1930 at a cost of $13,018. It was wired for electricity in 1939. During the first part of the war, two balloon-type annexes were built at this site — one in 1940 with a capacity of 43,000 bushels was built at a cost of… Read More

It was real pioneering spirit that brought the first settlers into the Peace River district in those early days. There were only pack trails to follow for hundreds of miles at that time. The shortest trail into the district was the Edson Trail, which settlers used in the winter months, but were unable to use… Read More

Estimated for 1956 Total number of farms: 1,000 Wheat – – – – – 25,000 acres Truck Gardens – – – – – – – 15 acres Cats – – – – – – 25,000 acres Creeping Red Fescue – – – 1500 acres Barly – – – – – – 30,000 acres Brome –… Read More

By Mrs W.W. Willis, 1957This is a brief report of the early days of our — district Sunset Prairie. The first soil cultivated was a garden put in by the first settlers, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Murphy, in 1919. They grew potatoes, carrots, turnips, now we grow most vegetables, but there are still only a… Read More