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.
“These Pioneers had lined up before dawn, July 15, 1911 at the new Dominion Lands Office in Grande Prairie, to file on homesteads. Front row: ?, Rupert H. Carveth; Arthur W. Carveth; George W. Burke; George Lovering and behind his left shoulder, Hugh Ferguson.”
William Innes, Grande Prairie’s pioneer banker, with his horse outside a log cabin. The photograph may have been contributed by C. B. Johnston of DeBolt, Alberta.
A view of Grande Prairie looking northwest. The buildings in the foreground are the Patterson and Son Store (also post office and Union Bank) and barn. The buildings to the left would have fronted 100 Avenue once the road developed. 100 Street later ran along the front of the Patterson and Son store.
“Opening of Dominion Lands Office on July 15, 1911, in John Wilson’s new house west of Bear Creek, Grande Prairie.” A group of men are assembled outside.
The buildings of William Smith and Sons (Harry and Clyde) ranch and butcher shop on Bear Creek near Grande Prairie, 1911. Several horse are hitched to sleighs outside.