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Emmaus Lutheran Congregation in the North Kleskun District was officially organized on April 14, 1929. However, its beginnings go back to 1915 when the first German Luthern pioneers, the August Kirstien and Gregart families settled in the area. Others followed from 1919-1921. In the fall of 1921, Rev. O. Walther was located at Waterhole and served North Kleskun once a month, holding services at the homes of various families. In 1923, Rev. Theo Waack succeeded Pasor Walther and held services in the North Kleskun School. In 1926, Rev. Wildgrube organized the first formal congregation with a constitution and charter members Fred Weis, Edward Steinke, Louis Steinke, Fred Klein, Ian Maxwell and Joe Huber. In 1930 a church was built and land for a cemetery and church yard donated by Louis Steinke and by Christmas that year, the first Missouri synod Lutheran Church in the Peace Country became a reality. Pastors who served the church in the coming years included Rev. R.E. Luening, Rev. Fred Gabert, Candidate Alfred Miller, Candidate A. Pluntz, Student Walter Schienbein, Candidate H. Hafner, Rev. E. George Pearce, Rev. Adolf Bickel, Rev. Edwin Regal, Vicar Donald Lutz, Rev. Kurt Bickel, Rev. Eldon Ohlinger, and Rev. Gordon Schultz. In 1935 a parsonage was completed and used until 1946. A Christian Day School opened in 1932 and terminated in 1943 with amalgamation with the North Kleskun Public School. During the sixties, the ladies of the congregation formed a branch of the Luthern Women's Missionary League which was later disbanded. The church still maintains a congregation in 1979.

The Campus Child Care Cooperative was incorporated as a day care centre for forty children in 1965. The CCCC was a non-profit organization that provided pre-school programmes and care for the children of married graduate students. The parents shared the responsibilities and costs and also assumed the responsibility of administering the school, through an exective elected from the general membership, while teachers were responsible for the educational programmes. The day care was held in the basement of The Women's Residence until 1966 when they were moved off-campus to accomodate the University's expansion and need for the space the Child Care occupied. In 1969, with the increase in attendance of students needing full-scale day care facilities, the CCCC set up a committee to work for the establishment of a day care centre on-campus. Success did not materialize until 1975 when, after overcoming several obstacles and objections to their presence on-campus, the University Child Care Centre opened.

Campus Security is charged with the protection and security of University personnel, property and equipment, and has assumed responsibility for parking services at certain times during its history. As early as 1912 a watchman was employed, and this position was maintained until at least 1952. After that time it appears that maintenance personnel in various buildings served as ad hoc watchmen and a City Police officer was assigned to the campus. During the mid-1960s a Campus Patrol existed under the purview of Physical Plant. In 1969 this group was replaced by the Campus Security Force, reporting to the Vice-President (Finance and Administration). The word "Force" was deleted from the name in 1977 when a major reorganization of security procedures occurred (PACCR, 1982). Directors: 1968-[1976] Charles A. Breakey; 1977-1985 W.F. Gordon Perry; 1985- Douglas M.J. Langevin.

The responsibility for Indian affairs in Canada has rested with the British Government, various colonial administrations and, since Confederation, with several branches and departments of the federal government. The Department of Indian Affairs and its predecessors have been responsible for such matters as treaties, reserves, provision of education, and supervision of agriculture on reserves. For a detailed administrative history see Records Relating to Indian Affairs (RG 10) / Peter Gillis et al. - Ottawa : Public Archives of Canada, 1975. The Saddle Lake Indian Agency, situated west and northwest of St. Paul, Alberta in the Treaty 6 region, consisted of the Cree reserves of Saddle Lake, Whitefish Lake and Beaver Lake. The Indian agent ca. 1923 was John E. Pugh.

Canadian Legion Auxiliary of Wanham was formed in 1950, with Mrs. E. J. Harrington elected as president, Mrs. Jean Tansem as vice-president, Mrs. Wanio as second vice-president and Mrs. McSweeney as secretary- treasurer. Its purpose was to aid the Wanham Legion in acknowledging war veterans and keeping a remembrance of their contribution to the world alive in the community. The Auxiliary met in the homes of members, and later in the Wanham Hall. They participated in Legion drives, such as canvassing for the Polio Fund in the 1950s, attended area rallies, and did hospital visits. They raised funds to support community clubs of all kinds, to sponsor a language bursary for a Grade 9 student going on to high school, and to put on social activities for legion members.

The Northern Alberta Railway served northern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia from 1929 to 1981. Incorporated on 14 June, 1929 as an independent company under joint ownership of the Canadian Pacific and the Canadian National Railways, the N. A. R. was created from a number of privately owned railways built after 1911. The Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway, the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway and the Central Canada Railway were originally built and operated by the J.D. McArthur company of Winnipeg and remained in private control until 1920, when J.D. McArthur experienced postwar financial difficulties. In an operation agreement to last five years, the Provincial Government assumed control of the Alberta and Great Waterways Railways while the C.P.R. operated both the Edmonton, Dunvegan, and British Columbia Railway and Central Canada Railway. The Provincial Government took over the operation on 11 November, 1926. In 1928 the C.P.R. and the C.N.R. bid to jointly purchase the railway. The proposal was accepted by the Government and resulted in the creation of the Northern Alberta Railways (N.A.R.) in 1929. In its half century of service, the N.A.R. played a significant role in oil and tar sands development, in the Alaska Highway and Canol projects, and in the overall development of Northern Alberta. In 1981, the Northern Alberta Railways was sold to Canadian National Railways and ceased to exist as an independent company. (From Northern Alberta Railway fonds at Provincial Archives of Alberta)

In 1976 the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto and the Nursing Sisters Association of Canada, Toronto Unit, sponsored an oral history programme to record the memories of Canadian nurses who had served overseas in Canadian Army hospitals from 1914 to 1918. Interviewers were instructors or senior students in the Faculty of Nursing. The project, funded by Associated Medical services Incorporated and the Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine, lasted from 1976 to 1980. Dr. Margaret Allemang was Project Director.

Societies of Foresters were organized in England in the 1790s and spread to North America in the 1840s. A variety of different groups were established including the Independent Order of Foresters, Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Canadian Order of Foresters. The latter was established in 1879 and branches or "courts" were set up across Canada. National headquarters was in Brantford, Ontario. Some courts emphasized the life insurance, endowment and annuity benefits that were the foundation of the society, but others were more active in the fraternal aspects of society operations. Foresters Courts in Alberta were heavily concentrated in the band of towns between Red Deer and Edmonton, although there was some interaction with the courts of the Independent Order of Foresters. The Society was particularly active in the formation of sports teams, including baseball, curling, and hockey. From the 1950s to the 1980s, John Rottenfusser of Alix, Alberta was the Fraternal Supervisor of the courts in Central and Northern Alberta. In 1992 the Canadian Order of Foresters amalgamated with the Independent Order of Foresters..

In 2011, the Canuck School Reunion was held in the refurbished Canuck School which had been moved to Bear Lake Park on the north shore of the lake. This was the third reunion held for former students. When the first was held in July 2000, the old school still stood on its original site. Following that reunion, the Bear Lake Canuck School Historical Society was formed, and the school was moved to a new site in Bear Lake Park in 2001. By the next school reunion in 2009, the school had been completely refurbished.

Canuck School District 3873 was established September 22, 1919 but classes had been held in a log building on Walter McGervins' homestead as early as 1918. In 1921 a 26' x 38' white frame school was built on the SE 1/4 of Section 9, Township 73, Range 7, West of the 6th Meridian. The first teacher was Leo Patterson, and like many succeeding teachers, he boarded at the home of Louis Alexandre. Later a teacherage was added to the site. Teachers included Miss Nugent, Peggy Stanford, Mrs. Clendenan, Dora Coburg, May Robinson, Mr. Strawn, Myrtle Dixon, Alice Sutherland, Myrtle Tolley, Marjorie Clifford, Florence Cunningham, Patsy Meraw, Mrs. R. Bennett, Betty Rigby, Alice Samuelson, Norah Webb, Roy Grimsrud, Barbara Bailey, Eleanor Wafler, Velma Podulsky, Pat Van Schaick, Florence Nail and Mrs. (Myrtle) Jack Brown. In the fall of 1955 the school was closed and the children were bussed to Sexsmith.