Alberta On Record

Edson Trail Inspection Tour.

CA GPR 0032-0032.08-0032.08.07-0032.08.07.079
Item
1911

Part of Campbell family fonds

Trekking through the bush on the Edson Trail.

John Stocks, Deputy Minister of Public Works, on the Edson Trail

CA GPR 0032-0032.08-0032.08.07-0032.08.07.083
Item
1911

Part of Campbell family fonds

John Stocks (left), first Deputy Minister of Public Works, and A. H. McQuarrie (tallest man in centre) with several unidentified Indigenous men and children at Sturgeon Lake.

Unfinished log cabin on the Edson Trail, Alberta.

CA GPR 0032-0032.08-0032.08.07-0032.08.07.087
Item
1911

Part of Campbell family fonds

Partial log cabin on the banks of a river, possibly along the Edson Trail route.

Edson Trail Inspection Tour.

CA GPR 0032-0032.08-0032.08.07-0032.08.07.089
Item
1911

Part of Campbell family fonds

Inspection party at Baptiste River (now Berland), from left: Jim Cornwall, Mrs. Emmerson and John Stocks holding child.

Smoky River Bridge Opening, Alberta.

CA GPR 0032-0032.06-0032.06.03
Item
1949

Part of Campbell family fonds

Image shows a group of men, including two Indigenous men wearing regalia, at the opening of the Smoky River Bridge in 1949. The back of the photograph says "Note tom tom"

Hauling coal up Wapiti Hill.

CA GPR 0032-0032.08-0032.08.07-0032.08.07.050
Item
1937

Part of Campbell family fonds

Frontal view of six-horse team pulling a sled of coal up Wapiti Hill. The driver is directing the horses from the top of his "caboose" at the front of the sled.

Roy Campbell's Coal Wagon.

CA GPR 0032-0032.08-0032.08.07-0032.08.07.051
Item
1937

Part of Campbell family fonds

Roy Campbell's coal wagon, on the highway west of town, bringing a load of coal into Grande Prairie. The sleigh has a built-in caboose on the front to protect the driver.

Waiting for the first air mail.

CA GPR 0032-0032.08-0032.08.07-0032.08.07.059
Item
March 17, 1937

Part of Campbell family fonds

Postmaster A.W. Cameron, aviation promoter P.J. Tooley, and business men Frank Donald and Billy Salmond waiting for the first air-mail flight into Grande Prairie on March 17, 1937.