Alberta History articles from September 22 2002

Alberta History archives from September 22 2002

The Hector memorials of 1906: tributes to Sir James Hector and Douglas Hector.
September 22, 2002... The Sir James Hector cairn, now nearing 100 years of age, is the oldest monument in the Banff and Jasper National Parks. It was erected to acknowledge the scientific contributions of James Hector as a member of the pre-confederation Palliser...

Recollections of the life and death of the Embarras Airport.(built in World War II in northern Alberta)
September 22, 2002... In 1942, Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, became the site of a large base camp of the American Army Corps of Engineers. There were possibly two hundred men or more who were dispatched into the Canadian North. Their job was to build a pipeline...

Adventure with the Kootenays.(life of John J. Healey, southern Alberta)(Biography)
September 22, 2002... One of the notable characters in the history of southern Alberta was John J. Healy who, in partnership with Alfred J. Hamilton, built Fort Whoop-Up in 1869 near the present city of Lethbridge to sell whiskey to the Blackfoot tribes. Healy had a...

Diamonds in the north.(from Edmonton Bulletin, February 17, 1896)(Brief Article)(Reprint)
September 22, 2002... Some six years ago the Rev. Father Fouquet foretold the findings of diamonds in Northern Alberta, and it now looks as if his words were coming true. On Monday last the writer had the pleasure of looking at, what in his opinion, are two rough...

The German colony at Leduc.(adapted from article in the Calgary Albertan, July 11, 1910)
September 22, 2002... Who is that gentleman?" asked the writer, of a friend who was teaching in the German colony. "That is a much more interesting and important man than his unassuming manner would seem to indicate. He is an old soldier who has travelled...

Edmonton: Stories from the River City.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... by Tony Cashman. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 180 pp. illus., paper, $24.95. Tony Cashman is back with his Edmonton stories, and we're happy to see him. The author of such excellent volumes as The Edmonton Story, More Edmonton...

A Century of Grant MacEwan: Selected Writings.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... edited by Lee Sheddin. Calgary: Brindle & Glass, 248 pp., paper, $9.95. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Grant MacEwan, Alberta's beloved man of all skills--writer, orator, mayor, lieutenant governor, and historian. To...

Frontiersmen and Settlers: the Bells in Scotland, Ireland and Canada.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... by William C. Wonders. Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing, Ste. 6E, 2333 Government Street, 345 pp., illus., paper, $39.95. Wonders, for many years professor of geography at the University of Alberta, traces the Bell clan from its origins in...

The Indian Association of Alberta: a History of Political Action.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... by Laurie Meijer Drees, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 272 pp., illus., bound $85, paper $29.95. Formed in 1939, the Indian Association of Alberta (IAA) arose to become a leading Native political force in Canada....

Brief reviews.(four books)(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... The Old Bow Fort, by Douglas A. Hughes. Calgary: Detselig Enterprises, 62 pp., illus., $16.95. An excellent account of the rise and fall between 1832 and 1834 of the Hudson's Bay Company fort, located west of Calgary. First Nations First...

Recent reprints.(Bibliography)
September 22, 2002... Heavy Horses: An Illustrated History of the Draft Horse, by Grant MacEwan. Calgary: Fifth House, 176 pp., illus., paper, $21.95. This is a re-issue of MacEwan's 1986 volume, Heavy Horses: Highlights of their History. It is well illustrated and...