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A man sitting huddled under a pile of robes at the Grouard Dominion Lands Office. There are two captions on the back of the photograph: “Pioneer Series 1/2. Man camping day and night at the Grouard land office to file, October, 1913. Photo by W. D. Albright.” “In the first years of Grande Prairie Settlement applications for Homsteads [sic] were made at the Grouard Land Office. Later Peter Tompkins and Harry Turton made, I believe, monthly trips to Lake Saskatoon to take applications and eventually an Office was opened in Grande Prairie. A. H. McQuarrie”.

A group of men camping with teepees at Moberly Lake, British Columbia.

One of the captions on the back reads: “One of the first cars to come over the Trail. Mrs. James Scott can be seen in the front seat on the left side. It was in 1913.” The photograph was taken outside the old Grande Prairie post office. The photograph was contributed by Mrs. Jack Fitzpatrick.

Four "garden tractor-sized" caterpillar tractors parked in front of J.B. Oliver's furniture store, next to the Imperial Bank of Canada.

An abandoned Catholic mission building near Fort St. John, British Columbia. The caption on the back of the photograph states: “The little old Catholic Misison Church at Old Ft. St John about 8 miles from (New) Ft. St John Town – on Alaska Highway at the Hudson Bay Trading Post — the 1st settlers in the early days of Canada.”

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

Charles Bremner and Peter Gunn standing beside a wagon with various outbuildings visible in the background. The caption on the back of the photograph states: “Charles Bremner and Peter Gunn earliest settlers fo the Peace River Country their land was close to the old H.B. post at Spirit River both natives of the Orkeny Islands off the north coast of Scoland. They came into the country in 1883 and started a ranch at Spirit River and filed on land after it was surveyed.”

Interior church photograph showing 16 members of the Clairmont Choir in choir gowns, with the organ in the centre.

“Home of Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Pool. Built and occupied in July, 1909. Baby Ralph Pool in foreground, lost his life in the second world war.”

The Harry Clifford family house, store, and outbuildings at Flying Shot Lake in January 1909.