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A view of Sexsmith, taken from near the railway tracks. The photograph may have been contributed by Percy H. Jones of McLennan, Alberta.

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.

Students outside of the Roman Catholic Mission church at Sturgeon Lake, 1911. The photograph appears to have been contributed by A. H. McQuarrie.

A view of the settlement of Old Smoky River (near Watino) in 1915, showing several businesses. The photograph appears to have been contributed by H. P. Brown of Edmonton.

A view of the town of Peace River and the Peace River, taken from the hillside above. The photograph was contributed by Mrs. Ila (Hardin) Fairbanks.

The Hudson’s Bay Company buildings at Sturgeon Lake, 1911. The photograph appears to have been contributed by A. H. McQuarrie.

L. Konshaw feeding a bear cub at Lake Saskatoon.

People on the shore and dock at Lake Saskatoon. The caption on the back of the postcard states: “Since days of the Pioneers, Lake Saskatoon, 14 miles west of Grande Prairie, has been the summer playground for thousands of Peace River residents. NW 115”.

View of the town of Lake Saskatoon. A caption accompanying the Lake Saskatoon photographs states: “A steam saw mill in 1909 on Lake Saskatoon north of Hudson’s Bay co. trading post formed the nucleus of a community that soon became the first commercial hub of the South Peace. Even after the E.D.&B.C. reached Grande Prairie in 1916 hopes were held for its continued growth. By 1924 it became certain that no thin line of steel was to link Lake Saskatoon with the “Outside”. Its shops and stores were skidded across the prairie some 4 1/2 miles south where hammers were already knocking together grain elevators on the new rail terminus to be called Wembley.”

Students and nuns at the Mission School at Peace River view the first automobile they’ve every seen, December 1913.