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South Peace Regional Archives Photograph collection
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South Peace Regional Archives Photograph collection

  • CA GPR 0502
  • Collection
  • [1880]-2003

The collection consists of photographs relating to the history of the South Peace River Country of Alberta. These photographs were donated by various donors to South Peace Regional Archives after it was established in 2000, and are not associated with a fonds. Photographs range in date from ca. 1880-2003 and cover a range of subjects.

South Peace Regional Archives, collector

Hermit Lake School Class

Hermit Lake School class in the fall of 1955 with Teacher Miss Jackson. Back row: Harvey Nissi, Gordon Nissi, George Jobson. Centre: David McCauley, Jennie Jobson, Bob Jobson, Bill Prentiss, Marion Prentiss, Donna McCauley. Front: Mary Van Stratten, Lloyd Jobson, Floyd Jobson, Gail Craig.

Craigellachie School Students

Craigellachie School students in 1939. L- R back row: Eleanor Oatway, Bert Metcalfe, Donald Mc Arthur; middlerow: Irene and Agnes Moss, Betty Mounce; front: Lavern Scorgie, Donald Sanderson. (Leonard Scorgie is absent from the picture). Craigellachie School District 4035 was formed in 1921, and the school built east of Hinton Trail Hall in 1923.

John (Jack) Smart

Jack Smart walked into the Peace River region to Grande Prairie over the Edson Trail around 1911. He was accompanied by Joe, Jack and George Crummy. He and the Crummy brothers went to work running their own hotel. He later filed for a homestead, which he never farmed since he returned to Edmonton in 1915 to enlist in the army and went overseas until he was wounded in early 1918. He met and married Annie Soar while he was overseas and they returned to live in Grande Prairie at the end of the war where he worked for the Alberta Railway for a time. He left there to work for Frontier Lumber as a bookkeeper, but in 1930 together with his partner Harry Newton they opened the first 5 to a dollar store in northern Alberta, which they ran until 1947. He also served nearly 20 years as secretary of the school board, was a lifelong member of the Masonic Lodge, was chairman of the hospital board, was a member of town council, and served in other civic organizations such as the Elks and Kinsmen. Meanwhile, Annie ran the household while teaching piano lessons. She eventually became the first music teacher in the school and was also the organist and choir leader at Christ Church Anglican for many years. In 1943, he was acclaimed mayor of Grande Prairie and held office until ill health forced him to resign after only a year. He continued with his business until 1947 when he sold and retired to Edmonton where he passed away in 1960 at the age of 80. Annie passed away in 1983 in Summerland BC at the age of 95.

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