Alberta On Record

Overlooking Bear Creek, Grande Prairie

CA GPR 0001-1969.21.72
Item
1930 c.

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

A view of 102 Street from Bear Creek, just south of the railway tracks.

Grande Prairie, Alberta

CA GPR 0001-2001.01.117
Item
1929 c.

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

The main street of Grande Prairie is very crowded with people and cars, c. 1929. Photo was taken from a roof at the intersection of Clairmont Road and 100 Avenue. The Imperial Bank Of Canada, J.B. Oliver, D.W. Pratt, Fraser Law Office, Royal Café and other businesses are visible.

Smoky River, Alberta

CA GPR 0001-2001.01.144
Item
1916 c.

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Row of log businesses, including pool hall, restaurants and drugstore, which was the community of Smoky River when it was the end of steel.

Smoky River, Alberta

CA GPR 0001-2001.01.147
Item
1916 c.

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Man and horse on the Main Street in Smoky River.

Halcourt, Alberta

CA GPR 0001-2001.01.150
Item
1928

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Main Street of Halcourt in 1928, with gas station in the foreground.

Harry Watcher, Watcher's Jewelry

CA GPR 0001-1969.59.521
Item
1940 c.

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Harry Watcher beside a display case in Watcher's Jewelry (later Curry's Jewelers) promoting the Music Festival c. 1940.

Fort Dunvegan

CA GPR 0001-2001.01.178
Item
1920 c.

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Panoramic view of Dunvegan on the Peace River.

Automobiles Downtown

CA GPR 0001-1969.59.129b
Item
1920 c.

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Two automobiles parked in front of Adams' Wagons and Cockshutt Implements in Grande Prairie.

Selkirk Trading Co., Grande Prairie

CA GPR 0001-2001.01.206
Item
1911

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

The Selkirk Trading Co., the second store building to be erected in the 1911 hamlet of Grande Prairie, was established by W.L. Caldwell with partner John McAulay, veteran fur trader.