Part 16: The Alberta Peace
The written history of the Peace begins in what is now Alberta. To be more specific, it begins at Fort Chipewyan at the west end of Lake Athabasca where the Northwest Company's Peter Pond first began a search for an overland route to the Pacific Ocean. Alexander Mackenzie began his trek to the Pacific from here, over-wintering near the present town of Peace River from the fall of 1792 until early May of 1793. As he moved west, up the Peace River, he identified many sites
which were later to become fur trading posts -- Fort Vermilion and Dunvegan among them. Following closely behind the traders were the churchmen, establishing missions such as the Catholic St. Charle's Mission at Dunvegan, shown in this photo of the restored buildings. The Alberta Peace produced World Championship wheat in 1885 and rapidly developed, after 1910, into a thriving agricultural region. Now oil, gas, forestry and agriculture all contribute to the area's prosperity.
16-01: The Edmonton, Dunvegan and B.C. Railway
16-02: Grande Prairie -- its History
16-03: Historical Data for Grande Prairie
16-04: Facts Worth Knowing about Grande Prairie, ca 1928
16-05: Improved Rail Transportation North of Edmonton
16-07: The Northern Alberta Railways
16-08: Beaverlodge
16-09: Mr. Harry K. Reynolds
16-10: Joe Mearon Remembers
16-11: Lesser Slave Lake
16-12: A Peace River Ghost Town
16-13: Dunvegan
16-14: A Brief History of Fort Dunvegan
16-15: Mercy Trip from Dunvegan, 1934 Style
16-16: The Town of Fairview
16-17: Peace River Town
16-18: Edmonton to Pouce Coupe in 1925
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