Fonds 486 Spirit River Settlement Historical Society fonds

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Two copies of the Pronghorn Country Bulletin, a souvenir issue of the Daily Herald Tribune commemorating Grande Prairie’s 75th anniversary. It features historical “Trail Blazer” stories, articles on Gladys Carveth, Euphemia McNaught, Lee Pool, Mina Pool, Dalen Brickworks, Jim Nelson, Jennie Tetreau and history of Ludbrook’s store.

Date: 1973-1988 (date of creation)

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The series consists of a history of the society and an insurance document.

Physical description: 0.5 cm textual records

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Date: 1929-1989 (date of creation)

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The series consists of the History Book Committee records which include planning documents, financial records, minutes and correspondence, and original and/or edited copies of submissions to the Spirit River history book Chepi Sepe. Subseries 4-13 record the history of the region and the Spirit River Settlement area, the coming of settlers and the growth of agriculture, businesses, industries, municipal governments, schools, churches, medical facilities, and the history of cultural and recreational groups. Also documented are the area’s veterans of the First and Second World Wars. The main body of the records, subseries 13, contains original and/or edited copies of over 630 family histories arranged in files in alphabetical order by surname.

Physical description: 71.5 cm textual records

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Published

Date: 1987-1989 (date of creation)

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The sub-series consists of the History Book Committee membership, lists of family names and feature stories, a list of donations towards a computer purchase, a bibliography, a book layout, a brochure for advance sales of the book, and an information booklet for the Spirit River Homecoming event.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

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Date: 1987-1989 (date of creation)

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The sub-series consists of a budget for the History Book Committee, records of expenses in the creation of the book, and bank statements.

Physical description: 0.5 cm textual records

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Date: 1987-1989 (date of creation)

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The sub-series consists of Committee minutes of one meeting and correspondence mainly from Friesen Printers. News clippings include “Remember When” articles by Barb Kurz from The Signal (1987-1988) and “History Book Update” column from The Signal (1987-1988).

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

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Date: 1987-1989 (date of creation)

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The sub-series consists of original writings for the Introduction and Chapter 1 “Where the Rivers Flowed” of the history book Chepi Sepe, including articles on “How Spirit River Got its Name”, “Dunvegan”, “Flora and Fauna of the Area”, “History of the Spirit River Settlement”, “Pioneer English and Calkins”, “The Bronco Creek District”, and “The Happy Valley District”.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

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Date: 1987 -1989 (date of creation)

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The sub-series consists of original writings or edited copies of Chapter 2, “By Different Routes,” for the history book Chepi Sepe, which includes includes writings about people who came into the country via the trails and stopping places and also includes copies of portions of Hugh McIntyre’s diary of 1912.

Physical description: 2 cm textual records

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Date: 1929, 1987-1989 (date of creation)

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The sub-series consists of original writings or edited copies of Chapter 2, “The Ebb and Flow of Settlers” for the history book Chepi Sepe which recounts the life of early settlers, of farming and forestry and of customs and traditions established by the many immigrants.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

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Don Moore seen sitting on his first farm tractor and family members, some standing and children sitting on the seed drill ready to be pulled by the tractor.

Date: 1971, 1987-1989 (date of creation)

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The sub-series consists of original writings or edited copies of Chapter 4, “Changing Courses” Part 1, for the history book Chepi Sepe. Records relate to histories of municipal governments including the town of Spirit River, early businesses and services and the fire of 1943.

Physical description: 2.5 cm textual records

1 photograph

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Premier Strom presents Mayor Kosowan with a Certificate of Town Status for the Town of Spirit River in 1971.

Date: 1987-1989 (date of creation)

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The sub-series consists of original writings or edited copies of Chapter 4, “Changing Courses” Part 2, for the history book Chepi Sepe. Records relate to histories of communication, law and order, the military, and industry.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

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Date: 1987-1989 (date of creation)

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The sub-series consists of original writings or edited copies of Chapter 4, “Changing Courses” Part 3, for the history book Chepi Sepe. Records relate to histories of schools and churches.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

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Date: 1987-1989 (date of creation)

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The sub-series consists of original writings or edited copies of Chapter 4, “Changing Courses” Part 4, for the history book Chepi Sepe. Records relate to histories of health services including health units, hospitals, and the seniors’ home.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

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Date: 1987-1989 (date of creation)

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The sub-series consists of original writings or edited copies of Chapter 4, “Changing Courses” Part 4, for the history book Chepi Sepe. Records relate to social groups, and histories of cultural clubs and organizations including 4-H clubs, Brownies and Guides, the Rebekah and Oddfellow Lodges, Knights of Columbus, Cadets, drama club, Women’s Institute, Catholic Women’s League, Gung Hi and Cuisine Club, Senior Citizens’ Happy Hour Club, Kinettes and Kinsmen, Happy Valley Commmunity Club, Woking Whirlers, Judy Brown’s School of Dance, Central Peace Folk Dance Club, Tops, Royal Canadian Legion & Ladies Auxiliary to the Legion, Spirit River Agricultural Society, Spirit River and District Band, Spirit River Municipal Library, Spirit River Masonic Lodge, and Order of the Eastern Star,

Physical description: 1.5 cm textual records

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Date: 1987-1989 (date of creation)

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The sub-series consists of original writings or edited copies of Chapter 5 “Ripples Widen” Part 2, for the history book Chepi Sepe. Records relate to histories of sports groups including baseball, curling, ladies golf, hockey (Spirit River Rangers), sky diving, and flying clubs. Also included is a history of the development of Moonshine Lake as a recreational area.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

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Date: 1987-1989 (date of creation)

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The sub-series consists of original family story submissions and/or edited copies contained in Chapter 6, “Converging Waters”, of the history book Chepi Sepe. Family histories are in alphabetical order by surname.

Physical description: 56 cm textual records

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The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Alexander, Alfred, Anderson, Andruchiw, Arndt, Atkinson, Baber, Babuik, Badiuk, Baisley, Banting, Barber, Bedson, Bell, Bennie, Bernard, Bilawchuk, Bjornson, Blackies and Browns, Block.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Bodeker, Boomgaarden, Bott, Boyd, Boyko, Brehmer, Bremner, Brinkman, Brock, Broderick, Broddy, Brooks, Brown, Brownlee, Bryan, Buck, Burk, Burton, Cabana, Campbell, Campsall, Carder, Caryk, Cassie, Chabot, Chahley, Chandler, Christianson, Ciastko, Clarke.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Collins, Comrie, Cook, Cowlthorp, Cox, Cranshaw, Currie, Cuthbert, Czaban, Daly, Davidson, Davie, Davies, Davis, Debolt, Degiano, Delfs, Denis, Dexter, Didow, Dion.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Dobish, Dodge, Dolhan, Dombrowski, Donaldson, Donison, Dop, Dorig, Dorrance, Drzewicki, Dufour, Durkin, Dwernychuk, Edey, Elliott, Ellis, England, English, Erikson, Esplen, Esselink.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Farewell, Farnquist, Fee, Ferguson, Fildes, Fitzsimmons, Flintoff, Foote, Fortin, French, Fried, Froome, Gaboury, Gagnon, Galbraith, Gallagher, Gammon, Gardiner, Gawryluk, Gebhart, Germain, Ghostkeeper, Gibson, Giles, Gingras, Glenn.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Glidden, Glowasky, Goodall, Gordey, Goulet, Graves, Gray, Greidanus, Grela, Grenache, Grimm, Gudlaugson, Gulliver, Gurnett, Gushlak.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Haggart, Hagle, Hakes, Hamel, Hamelin, Hamilton, Hans, Hansen, Harper, Harrington, Harrison, Hebrada, Henderson, Hepburn, Hesketh, Hessler, Hirning, Hnidzik, Hogg, Hoggarth, Holden, Holmberg, Honert, Horechka, Howden.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Howrish, Hrisook, Hrychan, Hucul, Hudson, Hull, Hurtubise, Hval, Imes, Inglis, Inkin, Innes, Isberg,

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Jack, Jackson, Jarvis, Jassman, Jeffery, Johnson, Johnston, Jolley, Jordison, Juzwishin, Kachmar, Kaplan, Kariga, Kazakawich, Keay, Keebler, Keene, Keith, Kenny, Keown.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Kerr, Keyser, Kincaid, King, Kirchner, Kirkness, Kitson, Klarholm, Knezevich, Knisky, Knox, Kolotylo, Karol, Kosabeck, Kosh, Kosowan, Kowalchuk, Kozuback.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Kurys, Kuryvial, Kuryz, Kushner, Kushneryk, Labrecque, Laing, Lambert, Laughland, Laventure, Law, Lawlor, Lefley, Lehman, Levins, Levy, Lewchuk.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames:: Lightfoot, Lilge, Lillico, Lindsay, Listhaeghe, Lowes, Lychkun, MacDonald, MacDougall, MacGillivray, MacGregor, Madison, Maloney, Mandrusiak, Mann, Markovich, Marple, Martin, Matiaszow, Matvie, McArthur, McBirnie, McBride.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: McCallum, McCarty, McCue, McDonald, McDougall, McEwen, McFadden, McGuinnis, McKellar, McLane, McLaren, McMillan, Menzies, Mitchell. Misunis, Moellendorf, Moore, Moravec, Morgan, Morris, Morrison.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Mortensen, Mortland, Mueller, Murphy, Nasedkin, Neill, Neufeld, Nielson, Nikiforuk, Nooy, Nye, O’Connell, Oke, Orford, O’Rourke, Orr, Pack, Paish, Pankow, Park, Parkinson, Parks, Parlee, Paul, Payeur.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Peacock, Peebles, Peek, Peever, Pegg, Perra, Perras, Perry, Peterson, Pinchbeck, Pisarchuk, Pockett, Pohl, Polasek, Poll, Pontey, Portelance, Porterfield, Posefko, Potter, Prevost, Pronyshyn, Ptolemy, Purvis, Pybus.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Rafley, Rappel, Ratcliffe, Rawluk, Reavley, Reed, Reid, Richardson, Rice, Ricker, Risser, Robertson, Roraph, Ross, Roth, Roy.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Rycroft, Rymar, Sadownik, Samuel, Sands, Sandul, Sanger-Davies, Sauder, Sawers, Sawyer, Schofield, Schonnop, Schultz, Scott, Searcy, Senner, Shaw, Shewchuk, Sideroff.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Siqueira, Skoworodko, Sloan, Smakula, Smith, Smyth, Solli, Solomiany, Spady, Speers, Spink, Spurgeon, Squires, Stanich, Stadnyk, Stevens, Stewart, Stoner, Swanston.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: Tak, Ternoway, Thomas, Thompson, Tomalty, Traplin, Tremblay, Tutton, Tyler, Vader, Vandermark, Van Egmond, Vansil, Wade, Wagner, Waknuk, Walker, Wasowicz, Watson, Watson-Weisenburger, Weberg, Wehrfritz, Wells, Wentzell, Werboweski, Wetmore.

The file consists of original writings and/or edited copies for Chapter 6 of the book Chepi Sepe, recording family histories identified by the following surnames: White, Wilson, Winchell, Wing, Wlad, Wongstedt, Woronowski, Wright, Yanishewski, Young, Zan, Zeyha, Zolmer, Zuk, Zurock, Zeyha.