I am told that you might like to hear something of my visit to this district last winter, because conditions there may be typical of those in other agricultural parts of the diocese. I had been out there in the summer of 1931. Since then there has been a great influx of settlers, many of… Read More

As one who had the privilege of spending last summer in a lately-developed corner of the Diocese of Caledonia, I have been asked to write an account of my visit to the northern part of the Peace River Block. Since the War, the settled population has been increasing. During the last few years it has… Read More

  The following Sunday [? Not sure of reference here?] was another busy day. Canon Proctor had motored me the day before to Sunset Prairie where we met Mr. G. E. Bratt. That night I was entertained in his bachelor shack. On Sunday morning we motored to the log church recently finished, built by the… Read More

By Dorthea CalverleyThe Roman Catholics From the very first landing of European Christian explorers, the “saving” of the Indians by conversion to Christianity was a matter of prime concern. The French and Spanish made Christianization and “civilization” a regular part of the government scheme. Priests, therefore, accompanied each group of colonists. “In English colonization, on… Read More

The history of church work in the Grande Prairie district has been the history of pioneer missionaries who gave their whole heart to the work of their respective churches. This has applied to all churches alike, from the young man who came as a missionary of the Roman Catholic church and erected the first log… Read More

By Dorthea CalverleyOne of the pleasures of researching Peace River Country history is finding people who give life to the names which, in written records, are of importance but of little interest. The title “Reverend” with the name of John Gough Brick identifies him as a missionary. Don’t make for yourself a stereotyped mental image… Read More

Alexander Forbes was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, one of a family of six children to come to Peter and Isabella McKenzie Forbes, both of whom are now deceased. Three brothers and two sisters still reside in Aberdeen. While a student in the University of Aberdeen, Alex Forbes determined to become a foreign missionary. On graduation,… Read More

By Lyn Harrington, November 26, 1949 Photo: Dorthea Calverley The north, not to coin a phrase, is a land of contrasts. Smack alongside the very modern Alaska Highway near Fort St. John is the little log Chapel of the Holy Cross. It might have been set down in the great forests of the middle Ages…. Read More

By Elinor W. HigginbothamMy memories of that period are vivid. For my first job outside the “Old Country”, I was fortunate enough to be sent by the Fellowship of the Maple Leaf to be one of the Bishop’s Messengers at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Taylor, from 1936 to 1939. Therefore I can almost… Read More

By Mrs. Robert HolmesMy husband, my little eighteen-month-old son, and I left Liverpool on the vessel Tunician of Allan Line on August 2nd, 1902. We left the docks in a drizzling rain, which seemed somewhat to be in harmony with the occasion and when the call came, “All on board for the Tunisian” it brought… Read More