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Rio Grande Store and Post Office

In 1920 Ewen MacDonell became the Rio Grande postmaster, and in 1921 he and Alex MacIntosh opened the first Rio Grande Store and Post Office. Supplies for the store were hauled by horse and wagon from Grande Prairie, 43 miles away. The supply trip took four days, two there and two back. Ewen and Alex also built two houses and a barn beside the store.

The New Rio Grande Store and Post Office

In about 1928, Ewen MacDonell built a new store and post office at Rio Grande, complete with a gas pump and living quarters over the store. In 1936 he sold this store to Joe Barrett and it was later destroyed by fire.

Executive Women International, Edmonton Chapter fonds

  • PAA paa-6598
  • Fonds
  • 1986-1992

Fonds consists of Board meeting minutes and correspondence as well as philanthropic project files. Fonds also consists of records from the Hospitality Committee including budgets, correspondence, minutes and other event planning documents.

Executive Women International. Edmonton Chapter

Exploration and Early Settlement of Alberta Map collection

  • PAA paa-8813
  • Collection
  • Copied [ca. 1965]

The collection consists of maps copied from the Public Archives of Canada (now library and Archives Canada) in ca. 1965 documenting the exploration and early settlement of Alberta covering the period of 1775 to 1914. The collection features areas such as the District of Alberta, Rocky Mountain House, the Rocky Mountains, First Nations Territories, the Northwest Territories; maps featuring the exploratory work of Peter Pond and David Thompson; and maps featuring the settlement of Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Mounted Police.

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