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The last ferry run across the Smoky River on the day of the bridge's opening. A large number of spectators are gathered on both sides of the river. The completed Smoky River Bridge is visible to the right.

Used in "Across the Smoky," p. 349.

The Smoky River Bridge opening parade crosses over and under the bridge. The float in the foreground is a covered wagon with the words "Grande Prairie or Bust" written on the canvas cover. The photograph shows crowds of people lining the parade route.

Used in "Bridges to the Past," p. iii.

A First Nations man and his dogsled team outside of McArthur's store in Sturgeon Heights. The McArthurs also had a store in DeBolt.

Used in "Across the Smoky," p. 286.

Image shows three people seated on horses by an unidentified Indigenous grave site near Fort St. John. Original description: Riders, including Maggie (left) and Jean (middle?) Alexander at a Native Grave Site near Fort St. John.

Michael Buffalo's family from the Hobbema First Nations in Central Alberta, left to right: Bella, Mary (Nepoose) Buffalo, Margaret, possibly Peggy (Allard) Buffalo, Michael's mother.

Formal portrait of a man from the Hobbema First Nations in Central Alberta. He sits in a moose antler chair wearing a feather headdress and holding a rifle in his left hand and a pistol in his right hand.

Formal portrait of an unidentified man from the Hobbema First Nations in Central Alberta. He wears long braids, jewelry, hat, and scarf.

Formal portrait of Mike Dion Buffalo, from the Hobbema First Nations, holding a rifle.