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PAGE TWO The Last Great Frontier * A GROSS AREA OF SOME 60,000,000 ACRES OPEN FOR DEVELOPMENT LARGER THAN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES; OVER FIFTEEN MILLION ACRES OF GRAIN GROWING LAND apital ity a tt Province of Alt ea the snibined Ten Pence River count a, an by Weatern Canadien plains, England states, together with . New Jersey. Delaware-atnt Marytind. oa baiuane Sica ating eet the actual. amount in ee era pears ae fable Lan Mis bolt availabl a yeoper -an ced of ap- ditigny cary -aceatly, Views. ot ie 15,000 xquare miles, Te itso en of wat Untwrmed men sueuent all the Way t tea land miliht ts Toei ae al shales ed certain contiguous areas that fou 1 te 2) million sce Senne ved best from it and. at aes he? as - ees with it in devel i general phyaleal charactertati To the southeast Ia the drainage ba: TOTP SS sere fai tH) mules in-extent, which, though teib Athabaska Fy blosely aseoelated ,with the. Peace waters of Hay Nelyon rivers ahoutd be ine like reasons. nd F ae drainage basin of Pe River includes. of course, the has Of ite headwat and the Parsnip, found ty the weet streams, the Fin hoof which Mountain range. The comb To the north and the exteomive arets the main Rocky toe, wideh would 15 milliore acres grain growing I sir Vety approxima 1 boundaries of vaticultural cGuntey, as a ibed ax follows: tude 114 we and from jatitude a 3 north to ont aN These boundaries for wreas mentioned about teaser Sitve Lake and headwaters of Hay and Kort Nelson rivers, and ex- ace clude the extreme upper and. lower ine parts ot Peace River. Two-thirds: of Way the urea noluded in'these geoxraphical are Tiigundaries fills within the northwest part of the province of Alberta; the ther thind ts in ijacent north: of these b tty about 25.00 cast part of Hritish Columbia ae ae pane Ses e Phore ure many well informed peo he wh River, deaina im approximately 118,000, square Me ses the. north: Peace River as the GOth erly houndary ine be w ed a tn the preceding varagrash OFC igo of north tnttude -te north imix tvepie Wounds It is trie that the re mle cent tnatsin now HStICuINENT plains of Western: Canada devel: pe ultur , of paisat bast bees vinecen'ag hut mining. lumbering. and wa Certain agricultural develop: power development will play Sm areaee Ne, Jartant hatte The agricultural occu aga pation and development Is practteatty (1, Slave River, a ste ARISEN on rivers, wh ference ae Bee Lining Justiies stimulate 1 the eountey and Southwestern part area iv quite mountainous, wt lower, or northeastern part im me poorly drained junds. In popular conception of the country , the whole we race Teicer proper Gross Area of 60 Million Acres Peace Rive salt aon aces. This xcee bined area of Enelani and Wales Tt arly eight tir th of Bel five t t Denmark, tere than one-third wheat and mixed farming France, and considerably its development is well und argee than the Am . are etn public of Urux any, des ruickly knows ar includes the Peace River country Favorable Agricultural Conditions he world s greatest t tew m t THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1936 FAITH In the Great Peace River Country THE NORTHERN TRIBUNE Past, From. Fort chipewya : Sera: Dhich pie ote Peleaante ner eet ee Twenty-seven Seura Ago my parents ploneered Inte the reat Athabiask Rn only as Northland, steninr eee Phe follow (ne ow when a bay xteon yeu, ( drove ony Coe cimnoe Gan rarbr (pobtage aad t ply ha in my father's caravan, over the long rt odes in the valley i th ww flies, north and east, t Rene Sere ned priswarily with ey Waid fourteen miles weatwand trom t Nifferent. 10 tte hortioultural. pomat- My: tater tiled a proxy: adjoining twmektend to me the day caldent. trader. promptly developed THE GOOD OLO DAYS PLOWING IN 1915 RAchon garden, Over une hunds mwenty-one: year tae Dintoved up. gn that ti ha Ate Hoa tanh Ny WN or ins eee Teh Aakgon eset e Te of John Crichton, two Mpa a halts it Ruttalo: Lakes ators. 918 ots vapetitilee, We je false an Seventuen years ago, Just after the Great Woi, Punaried, Was shoves the labgrlous and: slo way aut fe niduiners had ta. use when, Reb. NeartNtlde a eas) ee eee ee proving up thete homesteads Mr Hy eit-restdes inthe Buffalo Lake The Peace River Country ALTHOUGH CONSIDERED A NEW C OVER A CENTURY AND A QUARTER TO THE ROMANTIC DAYS OF THE CANOE BRIGADES the Peace. River e is sken of as a new ter it has 4 long and interesting higtory in Wietern Canadian development, Fur tyaders had penetrated as far west as the Athabaska River by the year 1778. years later Fort Chipewyan was established as northern head- About te quarters on Lake Athabaska. The far mouth of Peace, River being nm this er at tant, exploratio waterway were svon undertaken by traders: Explorations by Mackenzie in 1792-83 1 was in the fall of 1792 thut Alex: ander (later Sir Alexander) Mackenz partner of the North-West Com- nany, set out from Fort Chipewyan on his remarkable voyage of dis- the Pacific Cuast, Ascend ine P iver as far ax above the present town of Peace River, he wintered In a newly salled bys him Fort tof the Forks, The ruins historic establial are still in e The alte, whic onthe right: hank 3 the mouth of oky River. ane Our sexpbhnt: eee NO CARRYING CHARGES ON THE RANGES Phone 149 - Continuous Service. Cook Electrically on This Coal - Electric Range ncaa metas ly ie) There are woking fe cooking ie so elran and su economical SEE THE NEW HOTPOINT RANGES IN OUR SHOW ROOMS TODAY Save 3 Ways with a General Electric Refrigerator A GE. BRINGS YOU THREE BIG SAVINGS: IN-OUR SHOW Easy Monthly Payments Liberal allowance CANADIAN UTILITIES LIMITED ensures SUCCESSFUL RATION ) MADE IN lt; lt; OPE SA Ae or your old Stove or Ice Box 1A tie 5 years Prote bie are against any expense on the MOL ART NEW G MB TODAY Free Installation Grande Prairie, Alberta History and Settlement of THURSDAY i be Hipened satistn Wheat of the Z istrict ber of the Cdnadiait i Gece ivrereunitey waw eartserOwve Mintecn yours ago Ljuined ang pecame a member of the Cina i st Shaftsbury and Vermilion. Seed Growers Association, and we have been growing regiatered sem The agreeable elma: ind breeding Blite foundation set stock ever since, Today our seed ware: prep farm Jp recognized as one of the lars tributora of bushes attal ther large gume the : Ee? wt Cation the quality registered aged on the North tinent. The grew Peace iver Country 4s yeurly, more and more, conitng inte Its own, rea) seed bed of the continent is of and being? recoxnized as the Spe eamiaty. 0a abetoultuval pattie frou Winnipeg. 0 Fourteen years ago our faim was awarded the first prize for 2 Peace Hivgt country to be, exhibited at wheat grown fn the Gr thai time, ap and Alberta Provincial Seed Fair, Sine the annuni ame of the Pee : OUNTRY ITS HISTORY GOES BACK gene abs Ite 2 untih our farm was barred from world competition at Chicago, three veer ONG charming scencey years Age, our grand total major prize winnings Provincial, en fe soil and varyins 2 National and International shows aggregated in the neighborhood of wes had been ro 1 traveller, Not, however, tll after Edmonton had become fairly well settled .was this hires hundied separate awards, the lands ldjack tained our first recognition at the great Thirteen. years ago we ob Cldeago International Grain and Hay Show, This was a third priz great Peace Ff attention, ted by and Monuments Standard -eainn was, ere he Histor hard ed si ne wheat the agrienitu: ie first, and not ance repeated, double Ten years ago we create Beard of Cana ate perpetuate It Early Land Settlement of grain growing by winning Because of the unfavorable location the census of ot the alte: the cairn wax placed on ponulation of ie World Grand Championship in the two major awards of wient and the Shaftsbury side of the river the district oats ta 17 Mu completed lis wary 2000 Betw s 1926 and hie yeur we were barred trom + irney, tiading his way througl the marka se Pyke pet cent 2 competition at the Chicago dnternadional), our farm won a grind tot sixteen World Champlunships in wheat, outs, barley, rye, flax, peas, rush of International Exhibitio district Rocky Mountalus by Pence River if 4 single decade is due to land seokers who ihvaded th Pass, The expansion of the fur trade ink asked the eternal question AITR in Year in and year out we How-de you do it? And the the great B iver Country was thet tural sequence of such ex- The to arduous, gaurney- by answer is that one Wor abifska, Lesser Slave Lake and Peace River trall, or the Edeon, Stur- gic points along Pease River-and in geon Lake and Grande Prairie tail, Was experienced by great numbers of ettiers during the first few years of the rush, but by 1016 a railroad had heart of the district. ns Within few years plorat several posts were founded at stra r ural growth of vexetation ty fruits, in this wonderful land, Study Wood; gauge the tall body. trunk and spreading root system of hundred-year-old trees In all parts of the great Peace River Country re and analyze the top-soll, and dig into: the lower strata forma- tion. Consider the many lakes and rivers and water supply the newly discovered territory ad- Jacent to its headwaters, west the mountains, Wstenated tor many years lt; and conveniences of modern rallway service ave prevailed for hundreds of years in the p ing slight modifications by man, these conditions will remain the same in the years to come, We already have over sixty years of Some of these posts have been i ealstenee for a ce ry and a quarter Settlement spread in two main divi- business in- much 2 weay fais. Others S088. one comprising the cholee/ syecesstve authentic records by m facts, In passing devoioped ving frontier es north of Peace River and 2 jan happy to state that we have exp dno crop failure in the ninunities, The tow : ediately West of the crossing of E -twonty-alx successive years of cropping on our farm, the other comprising airie Janda south River and west of the S River anight Ye sald to have hud its ackenzie s wintering post history bai And we have Increasing faith that man will use continued fai judgment in cooperating with Mother Nature to further Improve and Bess Naeee the sions have given rige 2 develop the soll and forest aul bring into world use the tremendous 3 : Ttuwis Hanely Peace 2 potentialities of the air above, the waters thit are, the fisli and the 2 Grande Prairie, Several same, and the oll and minerals benvath and in this great Peace River 7 ue growing rapidly, but the Z Country. the qnetutalad i tatu , i The writer appreciates this opportunity, and considers it a favor assist The Northern Trivune in putting across the up-to-the-minute publicity is. being he great Peace River Country display and exhibit which affiliated twenty-one Boards of Trade of we Vancouver Golden Jubilee Celebration. a, trom July 1 to Septem- the t Mac established 1805: James on Stuart Lake, estab: 1805, and Fort George, near nce of the Fraser and the Iehed 1808. de rapid strides already on a British Colum pment the old f the province as regards the various advant of civilization. lown the river, however, from For, several yeare there was Hope wdge of the- foot ble traffic petween Fort Chip- hills to Fort Vermilion north of lat and 3 way of tude SS, are many acattered tte nd its affluent, the / settlements that are fast being Joined Parsnip. The commerce of the early up and consolidated us the bush lands tur trade immediately west of the are being taken The New - Pioneers Choice Because they get More Features and al comi- 1 thank the people of this great Northland for again demonstrat aith in-me by placing me in charge of this opportune exhibit Isplay. I belleve this the greatest opportunity we will have ever had to tell the World about the givaut potentialities In our great Peace River Country HERMAN TRE ELE, More Value Ee ea Nes eatines caetae tee eae pL EniGe slay, EAE GRoeAI ain hoo When they buy peas enra fa Wulisestu ot ith Raia ene ane ae PRICED FROM 5736 Standart Series 2-pa:s. Coupe Master DeLure Models rem 264 Debord PERFECTED HYORAULIC BRAKES... TURRET TOP BODIES BY FisHER VALVEIN APT VENTILATION... KNEE-ACTION (on Master De Lore Models)... SAFETY GLASS THROUGHOUT The THOMSON-DALGLEISH, Ltd. Chevrolet Sales and Service GIVES YOU ALL SIX HEAD ENGINE... FISTER NO. Grande Prairie Phone 183 sa seeingrastmnerenfiernects jo om 1 owl su Trav Pea V REGION OF ME By inath the path of has ever bs ward, tlt w and ot sons ot the Lawrence th forth, these: conduer siea, the The Pea land, a lim of romance Tam th the Stenpe tallin Thin ts th thes, It profes ty Id not m with its b Haings, sur any. varie ing the ro woods splo russeta ang the hoar f shrub In sh Northern ike 0 1 frolic the Peace sh It was dy frat rush Peace, Cur the land, e+ what ts no rag Hy
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