Fonds 177 Ann Macklin fonds

“Into the Land where the Buffalo Roamed”, postcard used as the cover photograph for Ann Macklin’s photograph album.

Dave and Annie Philips Roberts traveling to the Peace Country on their honeymoon.

Dave Philips Roberts hands a pail of snow to Annie to melt for water in the caboose while traveling to the Peace Country.

Annie driving the oxen which took them into the Peace Country.

Dave and Annie Philips Roberts beside the caboose in which they traveled from Grouard to the Clairmont area.

Dave and Annie Philips Roberts traveling with oxen and caboose in 50 degree below weather from Grouard to the Clairmont area in January 1916.

Dave and Annie Roberts’ first homestead buildings, a cabin and a barn for the oxen.

Dave and Annie Roberts’ first homestead buildings, with the oxen and Daisy, the first cow.

First load of wood brought in by oxen to Dave and Annie Roberts’ first homestead.

Team of oxen coming out of the barn on Dave and Annie Roberts’ homestead.

Annie Roberts driving the team of oxen with a water barrel on a flatbed sleigh.

Trainload of railway ties for the building of the E.D. & B.C. Railway line in March 1916.

Crew and machinery used for building the E.D. & B.C. Railway line.

Velma and Victor, the children of I.V. and Nellie Macklin.

I.V. and Nellie Macklin, who came to the Grande Prairie area in 1910.

Nellie Cass Macklin with her sisters.

Preschoolers Victor Macklin and friend with pretend guns and dead chickens.

Dave Roberts with his oxen.

The first furrows turned on Trevor Farm, the homestead of Dave and Annie Roberts.

The first seeding on Trevor Farm, the homestead of Dave and Annie Roberts.

The Ward brothers, neighbours of the Roberts family, moving their house to another location with a team of eight horses.

Fletcher and Anna Bredin met on the Hay River near Great Slave Lake. Anna Marsh was originally from Lindsay, Ontario and served as the first Anglican missionary nurse at Great Slave Lake. She was there with her brother Rev. Tom Marsh.

Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Bredin at their home, Twin Shacks, on the shores of Bear Lake. Their home was built as two log cabins on two quarters of land with a breezeway in between to serve the purpose of “proving up” both quarters.

Fletcher Bredin was a fur trader and buyer for Revillon Freres when he met Anna Marsh near Great Slave Lake. He went on to become the owner of a chain of trading posts with James Cornwall and a Member of the Legislative Assembly.

Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Bredin at their home, Twin Shacks, on the shores of Bear Lake.

Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Bredin at their home, Twin Shacks, on the shores of Bear Lake.

Mr. and Mrs. Bredin with Marjory Bradford, daughter of Dr. Andrew Bradford, at their home, Twin Shacks (also Bredin Post Office), on the shores of Bear Lake.

Mr. and Mrs. Bredin with Marjory Bradford, daughter of Dr. Andrew Bradford, on the shores of Bear Lake near their home.

Mr. and Mrs. Bredin with Marjory Bradford, daughter of Dr. Andrew Bradford, in a canoe on Bear Lake.

Herd of goats showing fenced field and shelter belonging to Fletcher Bredin. The photograph is inscribed from Mrs. Bredin to Ann.

Herd of sheep with Fletcher and Anna Bredin and a tent in the background. “Camping out at Twin Shacks” is the inscription on the back of the photograph.

Annie Roberts with Mr. and Mrs. Angus Campbell. Mr. Campbell was the first grain buyer at the Alberta Pacific Elevator.

Peggy and Desmond Campbell, children of Angus Campbell, first grain buyer at the Alberta Pacific Elevator.

The Morgan family, Welsh friends of the Roberts family: Mr. Morgan, Myfanwy, Gordon, Irene, Mrs. Morgan, and Gwen.

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Griffiths with their children Ritchie and Trevor. The Griffiths were friends of the Roberts family.

Reverend and Mrs. F.V. Abbott with their children Kathleen Amy, Edwin Vale, Harold Spencer, Margaret Anna, and Helen Irene. Rev. Abbott was with the Anglican Church at Lake Saskatoon.

Mr. and Mrs. S.D. Griffiths, friends of the Roberts family.

Dave Roberts on the ferry crossing the Peace River at Dunvegan.

Road crew working on the roads leading down to the Peace River at Dunvegan. Road crews were usually made up of homesteaders in the area.

Road crew working on the roads leading down to the Peace River at Dunvegan. Road crews were usually made up of homesteaders in the area.

The Roberts’ first horse was Charlie, “a noted and lovable character. He came to Trevor farm in 1916. He featured in nearly all the runaways. He was the most brilliant thinker of his time.”

Ann Philips Roberts was born at the Pioneer (Kathryn Prittie) hospital in 1917. Nurse Grant is holding her.

Dave and Anne Roberts leaving the Pioneer (Kathryn Prittie) hospital with their daughter Ann.

Ann Philips Roberts in a fur lined baby reclining chair.

Ann Philips Roberts and her first cats outside the family home.

Ann Roberts at age two with the family cows.

Ann Roberts at age two feeding the hens and turkeys.

Annie Roberts hunting for prairie chicken on a snowy trail.

In the early 1920s, the Roberts family returned back home to the Clairmont homestead. Inscription reads “Back to the Little Gray Home in the West.”

Annie Roberts, Aunt Noo, and Ann riding in a buckboard behind Charlie.

Annie and Ann Roberts in the yard of their homestead near Clairmont.

Mr. Longear, the first bank manager at Clairmont, with his two sons.

Meeting of United Farm Women of Alberta (accompanied by their families) at Bredin on Bear Lake. In the background is Twin Shacks, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bredin.

The Grande Prairie Women’s Auxiliary Deanery being entertained by Holy Trinity Bredin Branch at the Twin Shacks.

Dick, Jack, and Mrs. “Cap” Roberts, with Mrs. Bredin, Margaret, and Ted.

The MacKinnon children.

Ann Roberts and her friend Gwen with a home-made raft on the farm dug-out.

Ann Roberts swimming in Bear Lake with Jessie and Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Cameron.

Ann Roberts skating on the farm dug-out surrounded by farm animals.

Ann Roberts with the Durant, the new family car.

Grade eleven and twelve class at Grande Prairie High School including Mr. Sterle-Smith, Mr. Fowler, and Miss Saunders. Ann Roberts stands in the center of the middle row.

Grande Prairie Business College class of 1936. Mrs. M. Stokes, P.C.T. was the principal and the subjects taught were short hand, typing, book keeping, and letters. Ann Roberts is the fourth to the left of the second row.

Dave Roberts ploughing with a team of five horses, with a sixth pulling a harrows at his side.

Dave Roberts seeding with a John Deere Tractor, with his eight horse team in the background.

Dave Roberts binding with a team of four horses. Saskatoon bushes in the background.

Tractor from the Harris brothers’ steam rig for threshing grain.

Threshing machine from the Harris brothers’ steam rig.

Hauling grain from Mr. Kehr’s Baldwin combine.

Violet Jebb, Mr. Bredin, and Ann Roberts starting out from Rio Grande one beautiful September morning. “We crossed the Wapiti at Pipestone Creek by means of fording. It was a swift current and in spots the horses almost had to swim.”

A photograph from a trip to Nose Mountain. Ann Roberts writes on the back: “Two Cree families accompanied us on our trip. They killed out meat – moose, deer, bear, porcupine, and skunk – and picked cranberries and blueberries for us. They pitched our tents and packed our horses. Last, but not least, they were our guides.”

From a trip to Nose Mountain. Ann Roberts writes: “Two Cree families accompanied us on our trip. They killed out meat – moose, deer, bear, porcupine and skunk – and picked cranberries and blueberries for us. They pitched our tents and packed our horses. Last, but not least they were our guides. The children usually rode three bareback on a horse. The babies were carried on their mothers’ backs.”

The moose Daniel shot during Ann Roberts’ trip to Nose Mountain.

Image shows Mrs. Pinto and Little Joe drying meat on drying racks on the Upper Pinto. The caption beneath the photograph says, “Drying meat at an Indian’s log cabin.”

Two Cree women fleshing a moose hide.

Drying moose meat for preserving while on the trail.

Violet Jebb with the speckled trout caught in Nose Creek. Mr. Bredin, in the background, is preparing to cook the trout.

Violet Jebb with Charlie and his pack on the trip to Nose Mountain.

Nose Lake, the destination of Ann Roberts’ trip into the mountains. The white speck across the lake is her tent.

School Fair winners throughout Alberta were treated to a short course for ten days at Vermilion School of Agriculture.

School Fair winners throughout Alberta were treated to a short course for ten days at Vermilion School of Agriculture.

Skating party given by Miss Ann Philips-Roberts was attended by: Earl Parrish, Dorothy Newton, Ann, Art Southworth, Gwen Grant, Gordon Wilson, Doris Gant, and Dennys Law. Mrs. Philips-Roberts, Scott the dog, and Evelyn Knight are in the front row.

Skating party given by Miss Ann Philips-Roberts was attended by: Earl Parrish, Dorothy Newton, Ann, Art Southworth, Gwen Grant, Gordon Wilson, Doris Gant, and Dennys Law.

The Roberts family, on a trip to the Wapiti River, meet up with a trapper transporting his fur catch with a dog team.

Trapper and his dog team coming through the bush on the banks of the Wapiti.

I.V. Macklin came to the Grande Prairie area in 1910. His son Victor married Ann Philips-Roberts in the early 1940s.

Victor Macklin and Ann Philips-Roberts, here on horses Birdie and Una, were married in the early 1940s and lived in Ottawa, Ontario for the rest of their lives.

Street view of the Yellow Cabs taxi office and three cabs on Richmond Avenue just down from the Capitol Theatre.

I.V. Macklin with his second wife Tilley and their three oldest children: Irwin, Arthur, and Ann.

Dr. and Mrs. O’Brien in the yard of their Grande Prairie home.

“Foster mother” feeding three trumpeter swans which were raised on the Tomshak farm north of Clairmont.