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“Merrily
we’ll roll along…”
Members of the Grande Prairie Women’s Institute ride on their 1926 Dominion Day
Parade float. |
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“Deep
in the heart of Teepee…”
Clinton Rycroft rides a calf at the 1972 Teepee Creek Stampede, while Tom Rycroft, Norman
Hoag, Bob Love, Spike Leriger, Baldy Rycroft, Pat Conley, and numerous others look on. |
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“Dem
bones, dem bones, dem dry bones…”
Crowds gather for a geological picnic at Kleskun Hills around 1952. These annual picnics
drew 2,000 to 3,000 people to hear speakers and participate in sports. |
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“Dashing through the snow…”
A dogsled bearing four people surrounded by spectators at a Northern Winter Carnival about
1930. |
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“Way
down upon the Smoky River…”
The last ride on the Smoky River Ferry, 1949. A truck float used in the parade celebrating
the opening of the new bridge rides along. |
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“If
you go out in the woods today…”
A group of men, women and children from Elmworth have a picnic in the home garden of the
Beaverlodge Agricultural Research Substation in July 1938. |
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“Happy
days are here again…”
Main street, Grande Prairie, featuring a parade with a large crowd of onlookers, around
1920, in celebration of the declaration of peace after World War I. |
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“Should
auld acquaintance be forgot…”
A 1942 community reception for war veterans showing approximately 100 men in civilian and
military clothing. |
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“Our
fair Dominion now extends…”
Settlers standing near teepees and tents at the first Dominion Day Celebration on the
Grande Prairie, at Saskatoon Lake in 1910. |
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