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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.

Richmond Avenue, Grande Prairie

Looking west down Richmond Avenue ca. 1920, with Thompson's Hardware, John McCauley Fur Buyers, Owens & Johnson, and Imperial Bank of Canada the most visible buildings.

College Weekend

  • CA GPR 0192-0192.05-0192.05.04-0192.05.04.01-1971m
  • Item
  • 1971
  • Part of Frank Kozar fonds

Dave Mann, on the left, talking to a group of women.

GPRC Chemistry Lab

  • CA GPR 0192-0192.05-0192.05.04-0192.05.04.01-1972a
  • Item
  • 1972
  • Part of Frank Kozar fonds

GPRC's first chemisty lab building, located next to the Grande Prairie High School.

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