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FC 3216.3 P63 R64 3.4.2.2 · Item · [ca. 1913]
Part of Roger Pocock archives

Postcard of a scenic view of Peace River Valley. Caption on front reads "Scene at dawn. Peace River Valley" and text on reverse reads "Series No. 138. "Copyright" The H. Enida Olive Co'y Ltd Calgary Canada". It is improbable that Pocock and Cecil ever visited Ft. Vermilion and this was likely purchased while in Calgary.

PE002630 - Canada, 1930-1933
Item · 1930-1933
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A personal photograph album recording the travels of an unidentified person from the United Kingdom [England or Scotland?] throughout Canada between 1930-1933, with a large focus on the time spent in Western Canada. Most photographs are neatly captioned in white ink.

Images include: steamship ["C.P.R. Duchess of Richmond", Canadian Pacific ocean liner] and the ocean journey from England [Liverpool] to Atlantic Canada [Newfoundland and Labrador]; trains and the railway journey across Canada; locations in Ontario; post office and rail yard in Alberta; cabins and personal dwellings in Alberta; a house fire [captioned "It lasted twenty minutes"]; landscapes; automobiles and roads; commercial street in Grande Prairie; a ferry boat; Hudson's Bay Company buildings; posed photographs of individuals; horses; dogs; dogsleds; wildlife; a bivouac; Indigenous people [identified in captions as "Beaver Indian" and "Cree Indian"]; individual identified as "Johnny Bremner"; camping; a trapper's cabin; trappers and animal furs; ship ["Northland Echo"]; fishing; canoes; seaplanes [captioned "Fire Ranger, Mail Carrier"]; sports [captioned "Football in the territories"; Royal Canadian Mounted Police [RCMP] officers; hunting; ice break-up on the Mackenzie and Liard rivers; and the return ocean journey [to Scotland].

Item · 1915
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Government regulations respecting grazing lands in Western Canada in 1915.

Regulations for Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Peace River Tract in British Columbia were established by Order-in-Council dated 16 Feb. 1914 and include general and specific regulations surrounding Leases for Grazing on Dominion Lands and Grazing Permits on School Lands.

Regulations for the administration of grazing lands in the Kamloops Division of the RAilway Belt in British Columbia were approved by Order-in-Council dated 13 May 1910 and include general and specific regulations surorund grazing leases. Orders-in-Council dated 4 June 1904, 5 July 1914, and 4 Sept. 1908 are rescinded.

"Instructions for Making Application for a Grazing Lease of Lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Peace River Tract in British Columbia" slip in red text pasted to ffep, covering part of title. Explains the process of applying for a grazing lease.

Item · n.d.
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A coverless album of photographs primarily of rural and farming activities. It appears to follow Mr. Scobie, Mr. McArton, Mr. Siemens, Mr. Webb, and Mr. Macalister on a trip to various settler communites in B.C. and Alberta. Numerous shots of livestock, mostly pigs, cows, and horses. Other subjects include trains, tractors, a rodeo in Doe River, B.C., various wood frame buildings, and group portraits.

Item · 1931
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Reprint of research report by Henry M. Leppard of the University of Chicago, originally published in the Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, regarding the geography and agriculture of the Peace River Country in Alberta and British Columbia.

Includes 5 black and white [B&W] figures illustrating the location, settlements, and crops [Field Crops; Spring Wheat, and Oats] of the Peace River District ca. 1926, and 2 tables: 1 recording the classification of land [as either improved or unimproved/raw] in occupied farms, and 1 recording the distribution of the total acreage in field crops among the major crops grown in 1926, in the Peace River Block.

Item · [ca. 1919]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Promotional brochure produced by the Peace River Development Corporation Limited to encourage tourism and settlement of the Peace River District.

Contents:
Steamer "D.A. Thomas" [Peace River to Vermilion Chutes and return; Peace River to Hudson's Hope, B.C. and return]; Fares; 1919 Schedule; Tourists; Sportsmen; Mining Engineers; Settlers and Farmers; Peace River Land District [Soil; Climate; Transportation; Mail Service; Markets; Schools; Churches; Fuel and Water].

Photographs:
Steamer "D.A. Thomas"; Plowing with dogs, Hay River Settlement, N.W.T.; The Gates of the Peace, eight miles below Hudson's Hope, B.C.; The Vermilion Chutes, Peace River; Musk ox, Twelve hundred miles north of Edmonton; Wheat field, Peace River district; Vegetable garden, Peace River; Typical farm on the Peace River; "Peace River Development Corporation, Limited, Steamship Line with Rail and Water Connections" [map].

Peace River Development Corporation Limited