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Awaiting the First Air Mail Flight
Part of Campbell family fonds
Post master A. W. Cameron, Percy J. Tooley, Francis (Fran) Donald, and Bill Salmond await the arrival of the first air mail flight in Grande Prairie on March 18, 1937.
Railway Bridge Over the Smoky River
Part of Campbell family fonds
The bridge over the Smoky River at Watino under construction around 1915. The bridge was built for the Edmonton, Dunvegan, and British Columbia railway. The temporary trestle bridge built on the ice is also visible.
Part of Campbell family fonds
“Plane with yeast from Edmonton – due to heavy floods at Lesser Slave Lake. About July 10- 1938. Mayor Tooley, Frank Spicer, Pilot Jack Lewis, Dad.”
Grande Prairie Railway Construction
Part of Campbell family fonds
Numerous workers clear the snow away for the construction of the Edmonton, Dunvegan, and British Columbia railway in Grande Prairie. The photograph was taken by Covert on March 22, 1916.
Grande Prairie Railway Construction
Part of Campbell family fonds
The Edmonton, Dunvegan, and British Columbia railway under construction in Grande Prairie. The building in the background is the Kathryn Prittie Hospital built on Rev. Forbes’ homestead in 1914.
First Passenger Train Arrives in Grande Prairie
Part of Campbell family fonds
The arrival of the Edmonton, Dunvegan, and British Columbia railway’s first passenger train in Grande Prairie, March 1916.
Part of Campbell family fonds
Two sets of Edmonton, Dunvegan, and British Columbia railway track at Watino, one with a train on it. The buildings of the town are visible on the right.
“Where Rail and Trail Meet Grande Prairie”
Part of Campbell family fonds
The Edmonton, Dunvegan, and British Columbia railway track at Grande Prairie. A trail and some buildings are also visible. The photograph appears to have been contributed by H. P. Brown of Edmonton.
Part of Campbell family fonds
A group of World War I enlistees gathered outside of the Pool Room on Grande Prairie’s 100th Avenue.
Part of Campbell family fonds
A trumpeter swan in a pond. A man stands in the background, also in the pond.
