The valleys north of the Peace River block.
Record details
- ISBN: 97815505621710
- ISBN: 1550562177
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Physical Description:
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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Morrow -- Early pioneers -- Map listing of settlers in the Buick Creek, Aitken Creek, Prespatou and Altona areas -- Historical documents -- 1930 Settlers -- 1950 Settlers -- Buick Creek nursing station -- Buick Creek and Prespatou nursing station -- The building of the Buick Creek Community Hall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. |
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Topic Heading: | History - British Columbia - Peace River Region. Fort Nelson - History. Fort St. John (B.C.) Local history Altona (B.C.) Prespatou (B.C.) |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Fort Nelson Public Library | NWC 971.06 VAL (Text) | BFN023672 | Northwest Collection | Not holdable | Available | - |