The Montney Women’s InstituteThe Clarke brothers — Joe, Alf, and Bob — were the first to break land in the Montney district in the year 1922. They were also the first ranchers as they brought cattle and horses with them in 1919. Joe still has a large herd of cattle but not so many horses…. Read More

Cross-posted: 15-021: The North Pine Women’s Institute Our North Pine district is located in the two valleys of Indian Creek and the Beatton or as we ‘locals’ know it, the North Pine River. Only a few standing spruce remain out of the acres that must have once covered these parts. Diamond willows and poplar with… Read More

The first family to settle in the West Saskatoon district in 1912 was the Willis Piper family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Piper, sons Ernest, Bud, and Ray and daughter Helen (Mrs. Harold Brown). Mr. Harry Gibson and his brother Walter came at the same time and both Mr. Harry Gibson and Bud Piper… Read More

As noted by W.D. Albright, 1926Legacy Oats 139 bushels per acre Liberty Hulless Oats 94 bushels per acre Marquis Wheat 63 bushels per acre Red Bobs 71 bushels per acre From Dawson Creek a report that J.C. Hall threshed 3200 bushels of wheat off 75 acres and 11 acres of Garnet going 63.2 bushels per… Read More

  Spencer Tuck of Pouce Coupe proposed the idea of forming a horticultural society to arouse and foster an interest in the cultivation of better flowers, fruit and vegetables. On May 23, 1938, a meeting was held in the home of Harry Giles — enough residents of Pouce Coupe and Dawson Creek were present to… Read More

By Dorthea CalverleyThe name “Federal Ranch” sounds important. Its beginning was ambitious but its founders were improbable ranchers. Its early history records a failure, yet the name still crops up in many conversations about old times. How Captain Sam Colt, ex-RAF and Capt. Ingersoll E. Haight happened to choose a site far up the south… Read More

Interviewed October 16, 1966 by Clarence TibbetsCT: “Warne, how about telling us some stories of the Spirit River Trail. Tell us about the trail to begin on. Why was it there, and how was it built, and so on.” WM: “Well, I guess the Spirit River Trail was built after the people were in the… Read More

Transcript of recorded interview of Ted BartchMy name is Ted Bartch, and I would like to think that my coming to this country in 1928 would qualify me to some degree as an old timer here. But at that time I was just a newcomer to a lot of people that were here then. Many… Read More

I recall several early times on the Gundy Ranch that seemed unimportant or humorous to us at the time and to me for the rest of my life. In those days our best defense against disaster was to try to make a joke out of it. It was surprising how often this philosophy worked and… Read More

By Dorthea CalverleyMr. Harry Giles was an almost unrecognized, but important journalist of the Peace Country in general, and of the British Columbia Peace in particular. From 1930 until his death in the 1960’s, most of the news stories in the Alberta and British Columbia daily papers were submitted by Mr. Giles. As well, he… Read More