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Muskoseepi Park

Box 687
Grande Prairie, Alberta
Canada  T8V 3A8

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Available Publications

The following publications have been produced by the Grande Prairie Museum or Grande Prairie Regional Archives and are available for research or purchase:


Title: Early Settlers in the Grande Prairie District

Description:
A listing of the names of individuals to first file on quarters of land in the Grande Prairie District: Townships 70-79, Ranges 1-13. Also included are the filing date, the date patent was issued, and a note on whether the land was filed on under Hudson Bay Service, South African Scrip, Soldier's Grant, Soldier's Settlement Board or Red River Scrip. There are two listings available, alphabetical and legal description order.

Inclusive Dates: 1908-1942
Cost: $10.00 plus shipping & handling

 


Title: Homesteader's Trails to the Peace River Country

Description:
A description of the three major trails over which settlers came to the Peace Country: the E.J. Lawrence Route of 1879; the Long Trail and Chalmers Trail c. 1903; and the Edson Trail of 1911-1916. Supplementary sections in the book are "The Clinic at Pipestone Creek," the "Song of the Wapiti" by Sela Watts and Cam Browne, and "The I.V. Macklin Letters, " written by I.V. Macklin in 1911 to his first wife Nellie before they were married.

Author: J.G. MacGregor
Inclusive Dates: 1879-1939
Cost: Out of Print, but it is available
in the research library.

 


Title: From Dinosaurs to Pioneers on La Grande Prairie

Description:
A 62-page coil bound book written primarily for students aged 9 to 12 years, but of a broader interest to anyone wanting to read the story of settlement of the "grande prairie."

Author: J.G. MacGregor
Inclusive Dates: c. 1900-1916
Cost: $9.95 plus shipping and handling

 


Title: ". . . One Generation to Another," Historical Resources in the City of Grande Prairie and Surrounding Area.

Description:
A 62-page coil bound book written primarily for students aged 9 to 12 years, but of a broader interest to anyone wanting to read the story of settlement of the "grande prairie."

Inclusive Dates: c. 1906-1998
Cost: $10.00 plus shipping and handling
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