The valleys north of the Peace River block.

Buick Creek History Book Club (Added Author).

Summary: The Prespatou, Altona and Rosefield districts of the Peace River North region of British Columbia boast an area of 150 square miles situated between Umbach Creek on the west and Beatton River on the north and east. The Buick Creek region is to the south and west, and is approximately fifty miles north of Fort St. John. This history of the areas covers significant events and institutions, and pioneer family histories, and spans from 1929 to the 1990's. Family histories include last names Aasland, Ahle, Amendt, Anderson, Bartsch, Bergen, Boring, Braun, Bremner, Bueckert, Byra, Carlson, Carter, Chambers, Chapple, Chatten, Chelle, Copeland, Cowgar, Cox, Dueck, Dyck, Dykstra, Dyksterhuis, Echtler, Fay, Fehr, Fibich, Fleck, Follensbee, Friesen, Froese, Furman, Gamache, Garcia, Germain, Giesbrecht, Gillies, Golden, Grayston, Gronseth, Haddow, Harder, Hastings, Haw, Hess, Hiebert, Hoelk, Iverson, Jegou, Jellison, Johns, Kennelly, Klassen, Knight, Krauchi, Krueger, Kvile, Langerud, Large, Leader, Letkeman, Letourneau, Lillico, Loewen, Lundquist, McDonald, McLeod, McRae, Marshall, Martens, Martin, Matteson, Mensink, Miller, Mitchell, Morrow, Myhre, Nearhood, Negrave, Neufeld, Neuls, Nissen, Olfert, Pandachuck, Peters, Praud, Prudhomme, Pugh, Pyle, Reed, Reimer, Rempel, Robarge, Rodgers, Rose, Rowe, Skarpmoen, Slade, Smirl, Stafford, Stotz, Tanner, Taylor, Tetachuk, Thiessen, Thompson, Timmerman, Trombley, Trueman, Tucker, Twomey, Unrau, Volz, Whitford, Wiebe, Wilson, Wood, Woodford, Wollen, Wurzburger, and Zoerb.

Record details

ISBN: 97815505621710
ISBN: 1550562177
Physical Description: print
xviii, 394 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Publisher: Buick, B.C. : Buick Creek History Book Club, c1996.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Family Histories index: p. 392-394.

Includes family and community events photographs 1931-1995.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction to Altona, Prespatou and Rosefield districts -- Introduction to Buick Creek -- Valleys north of the Peace River Block -- 1. HISTORY. The Fort Nelson freight trail -- Blueberry Indian Reserve -- Lee Brainard and Ed Parker -- Maude Morrow -- Early pioneers -- Map listing of settlers in the Buick Creek, Aitken Creek, Prespatou and Altona areas -- Historical documents -- 1930 Settlers -- 1950 Settlers -- Buick Creek nursing station -- Buick Creek and Prespatou nursing station -- The building of the Buick Creek Community Hall -- Buick Creek cemetery -- Don's hobbies: memories in miniature / Don Nearhood -- Fire of 1950 -- Fire of 1958 -- Roads and bridges -- History of Prespatou -- Letter: Ministry of Lands and Forests -- 2. COMMUNITY LIFE. Buick Creek Community Club -- The Buick Creek 4-H Horse Club -- North Blueberry 4-H Club -- North Blueberry Women's Institute -- TOPS Club -- 3. INDUSTRY. Alberta Wheat Pool -- Farming now and then -- Fox farming -- Business -- Oil patch -- Logging -- Rafter L. Bison Ranch -- Life on the trapline: the Pyle Ranch -- The trapline -- Ranching -- 4. CHURCHES. Altona Old Colony Mennonite Church -- Brief history of Blueberry Bible Camp -- Buick Gospel Mission -- Prespatou Mennonite Church -- Prespatou Old Colony Mennonite Church -- 4. EDUCATION. Altona School -- Antler School -- First Buick Creek School: 1963-1969 -- Opening of Buick Creek School: 1963 -- Buick Creek School: 1979-1995 -- Mile 18 to Buick School Elementary -- Prespatou School -- School buses: Buick Creek, Miro Fibich -- School buses: Buick Creek, Elward Jellison -- School buses: Prespatou -- Barkerville school trip -- Trip to Victoria -- 6. RECREATION. Blizzard Ski Club -- Figure skating -- Girls' hockey tournament -- Hockey -- Rodeo grounds -- Softball -- Snowmobiling -- Women's softball -- Various teams -- 7. TRANSPORTATION. Laying the steel -- Pacific Great Eastern -- Old Transportation -- 8. SPECIAL INTEREST. Looking for a ranch at the Blueberry -- Mary of Mile 18 -- Norman McKenzie's legacy -- 1960-1970 -- Diary of Amos Pyle: 1950-1954 -- Bella Yahey -- Banner and I -- Blueberry People -- The Grizzly Bears -- Workbees -- 9. 50th ANNIVERSARIES. Henry and Susan Bueckert -- Ben and Sarah Giesbrecht -- Tom and Gertrude Miller -- Ole and Kristine Myhre -- Don and Marie Nearhood -- Russell and Myrtle Patterson -- Laurence and Marie Trueman -- 10. CANADA AT WAR. World War I -- World War II -- 11. FAMILY HISTORIES.