Part 14: Pouce Coupe, Rolla and other South Peace Communities
Pouce Coupe is the oldest community in the South Peace and for a time thought of itself as the logical centre of commerce for the area. Rolla, situated 10 miles to the north saw itself, with good reason, as the probable destination for the Edmonton, Dunvegan and BC Railway. In fact, the roadbed was laid out and trestles built from Spirit River toward Rolla, but no rails were ever put in place. World War I and then post-war politics saw the railway go south to Grande Prairie and then northwest toward Pouce Coupe again. The hopes of that village were dashed once more when the railway decided to build its terminal in the middle of a grain field six miles further west. The sleepy little hamlet of Bullenville - Old Dawson Creek - two miles away, simply moved to the railway. A grid of streets was laid out -- parallel to or at right angles to the tracks -- and Dawson Creek was on its way to dominating the area's commerce. Soon many of the businesses in Rolla moved to the new town and both Pouce Coupe and Rolla were left as small centres dependent on the larger community of Dawson Creek. But in the strange way things sometimes happen, the Government Offices and Court House stayed right where theywere in sleepy little Pouce Coupe for many more years.
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14-01: Poos-Koop?? NEVER!!
14-02: The Village of Pouce Coupe,1918 - 1954
14-03: Christmas in Pouce Coupe in the Early Days
14-04: A Briar Ridge Pioneer Recals the Early Days
14-05: First Newspaper - the Peace River Block "News"
14-06: Early Rolla Days
14-07: The Lake View District
14-08: History of the Doe River District
14-09: The Bessborough District
14-10: Sunset Prairie
14-11: Sunrise Valley
14-12: The West Saskatoon or Kilkerran District
14-13: Early Days in the Kilkerran District
14-14: The Women's Institutes in the BC Peace
14-15: The Landry District
14-16: Narrative of the Clayhurst District
14-17: William and Rosalie Clay of Clayhurst
14-18: The Ewoniak Family of Clayhurst
14-19: The Cembrowsky Family -- Clayhurst Pioneers
14-20: Carl and Kay Clay -- Clayhurst Old-Timers
14-21: Tom Clay and his son, Lonnie
14-22: An early Clayhurst family -- Elwood & Pauline Craig
14-23: Mr. Palmer Leland of Clayhurst
14-24: The Rolla Cemetery -- Burial Records
14-25: Where's the Lake in Lake View?
14-26: The Sudeten Community
14-27: The Briar Ridge Cemetery -- Burial Records
14-28: The Tomslake Cemetery -- Burial Records
14-29: The Carpio-Sorenson Cemetery (Doe River) -- Burial Records
14-30: The Peaceview Cemetery (Doe River) -- Burial Records
14-31: From Edmonton to Pouce Coupe in 1925
14-32: Glen Wade Remembers the Canyon Creek area in 1933-34
Recent History - 1998
BN14-01: Population Estimates for the Peace, 1998
BN14-02: Region's Population Grows (1998)
Recent History - 1999
BN14-03: Pouce Mayor Joe Judge Won't Run Again
BN14-04: Sudeten Community celebrates 60th Anniversary in Canada
BN14-05: Sudenten Pioneers celebrate 60th Anniversary
BN14-06: Pouce has large slate of candidates
BN14-07: Pouce Coupe meets its candidates
BN14-08: Pouce waterline re-examined
BN14-09: Chetwynd election results
BN14-10: Pouce Coupe water tower to return to service
BN14-11: New Pouce Coupe Council takes over
Recent History - 2000
BN14-13: Pouce Coupe Library gets Gates Foundation computers
BN14-15: Governor General Will Visit Chetwynd
BN14-16: Governor General Opens new Chetwynd radio station
BN14-17: Pouce Coupe Opens New Village Office
BN14-18: Dump Plans worry Bessborough residents
BN14-19: Pouce Coupe's Canada Day Celebration
BN14-20: Pouce Coupe Water Tower back in service
Recent history - 2002
BN14-21: Pouce Coupe Canada Day Celebrations
BN14-22: Pouce Coupe Museum opens for the summer season
BN14-23: Pouce Coupe Council Sworn In
Recent history -- 2003 to 2005
BN14-24: Hero remembered in Rolla
BN14-25: Pouce Coupe Mayor, Doyle McNabb, dies suddenly
BN14-26: Pouce Coupe sound financially
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