Dominion Land Office at Grouard
- CA GPR 0001-2001.01.160
- Item
- 1910 c.
Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds
Earliest applications for homesteads in the Peace River Country were made at Grouard Land Office.
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Dominion Land Office at Grouard
Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds
Earliest applications for homesteads in the Peace River Country were made at Grouard Land Office.
Opening of Dominion Land Office, Grande Prairie
Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds
The opening of the Dominion Lands Office in Grande Prairie, Alberta, attracts a crowd. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mary Wales Sheffield Ont" and the message reads: "Dear Mary, see dad at the window the morning I was there, Father".
Federal Government Building, Grande Prairie
Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds
Dominion Lands & Post Office in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
Henry McCullough with the City Charter
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Henry McCullough, district guide and hunter, delivers the City Charter to Mayor Jack Mackie.
Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds
George Repka was the first elected mayor of the City of Grande Prairie.
Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds
G. A. James was the first elected mayor of the town of Grande Prairie.
Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds
James McFarlane was the first reeve of the rural municipality of Bear Lake No. 740 organized Dec. 11, 1912.
Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds
A.W. Carveth was the first reeve of the rural municipality of Grande Prairie No. 709, organized Jan. 6, 1913.
Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds
The first home of the Wilson family, as well as the first Dominion Land Titles Office in 1912, was on the west bank of Bear Creek north of 100th Avenue in Grande Prairie.
Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds
The inaugural flight of the Edmonton to White Horse airmail route refueling on a lake near Grande Prairie on July 5, 1937, watched by a crowd on the shore.