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Dorothy Robillard

CA GPR 0001-1969.59.024
Item
1895 c.

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Portrait of Dorothy Robillard, first wife of Ancel Maynard Bezanson, born Nov. 16, 1879 and died Dec. 29, 1908.

Dr. Adolphe Robillard

CA GPR 0001-1969.59.025
Item
1896

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Dr. Adolphe Robillard, father of Dorothy Robillard, was the doctor in attendance at the birth of the first white boy born in the Grande Prairie country, Frank Bezanson.

Earl Watt, Flying Shot Lake

CA GPR 0001-1969.59.159
Item
1910 c.

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Earl Watt, of Flying Shot Lake, sitting outside his cabin. Four guns decorate the wall over his head.

Walter G. McFarlane, Surveyor

CA GPR 0001-1969.59.233
Item
1907

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Formal, full-length portrait of Walter McFarlane, chief surveyor in the south Peace from 1909-1911.

Boys' Hockey Team

CA GPR 0001-1969.59.282
Item
1930 c.

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Boys hockey team and coach posed on the front porch of a house. Two of the boys are wearing Grande Prairie jerseys.

Picnic at Swan Lake

CA GPR 0001-1969.59.335
Item
1930 c.

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Swan Lake, just inside the B.C. border, was a popular spot for a week-end drive and picnic.

Mr. & Mrs. Tempest

CA GPR 0001-1969.59.338
Item
1930 c.

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Mr. & Mrs. George L. Tempest opened the Kleskun Hill Post Office in 1917 in their 1913 home. In April of 1934, he cut the timbers for the new post office which is now preserved in the Grande Prairie Museum Heritage Village.

Thompson Home and Garden at Bear Lake

CA GPR 0001-1969.59.595a
Item
1924

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Mrs. Thompson was a widow when she came to the Grande Prairie District with five grown children in 1910. Here, she stands beside her large, gabled house and garden at Bear Lake.