Summary information
| Repository: | South Peace Regional Archives |
| Title: | Jim & Sharon Brooks fonds |
| Reference code: | 0708 |
| Date: | 1977-1980 (date of creation) |
| Physical description: | 26 photographs |
| Language: | English |
| Dates of creation, revision and deletion: | Processed July 2024 – JL Corrections made and processing completed August 2025 – TD |
Administrative history / Biographical sketch
Jim was born on December 14, 1938, in Sault Ste. Marie, ON, the oldest of eight children. In 1962, he joined the RCAF, training as a radar technician, serving on Canada’s Pine Tree Line of CFB Radar Bases, first at Sioux Lookout, ON, Saskatoon Mountain, AB, and Yorkton, SK. He married his wife Sharon around 1964.
Honourably discharged in 1975, Jim went to work at Alberta Power Limited (now ATCO Electric) in Grande Prairie, and in 1985, Jim transferred to Peace River, AB, where he worked for another six years. In 1991, he returned to Grande Prairie.
An excellent handyman, Jim volunteered many hours at the Grande Prairie Museum, being awarded the Miss Isabel Campbell Heritage Award in 2011. In February of 2013, Jim and Sharon were awarded the George Repka Outstanding Achievement Award in appreciation of longstanding and outstanding volunteer service to the community.
Jim died in Grande Prairie on March 14, 2021. Some time after his death, Sharon moved to Vancouver Island to be nearer her family.
Custodial history
Passed from Sharon Brooks to her husband Jim Brooks to donate to the archives. Jim donated them to the South Peace Regional Archives in 2018.
Scope and content
This fonds consists of photographs taken by Sharon Brooks. They depict events and landscapes in the Grande Prairie area.
Notes
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title of fonds based on contents.
Access points
- Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)
- Public Events (subject)
- Communications (subject)
- Forestry (subject)
Series descriptions
| Reference code | Title | Dates | Physical description |
| 0708.01-13 | Item – Hot Air Balloon Races | July 1980 | 13 photographs : colour ; 5 x 3.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Photographs taken of the Hot Air Balloon Race that was held in Muskoseepi Park in Grande Prairie in 1980. |
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| 0708.14-17 | Item – Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride | 1977 | 4 photographs : colour ; 5 x 3.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
The Musical Ride performed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Grande Prairie in 1977. |
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| 0708.18-21 | Item – Bathtub Race | 1979 | 4 photographs : colour ; 5 x 3.5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Participants of the Bathtub Race held in the Grande Prairie Reservoir in 1979. |
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| 0708.22 | Item – Queen Elizabeth II in Grande Prairie | July 1978 | 1 photograph : colour ; 3.5 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Queen Elizabeth II in a car waving at onlookers during her and Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh’s visit to Grande Prairie in 1978. |
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| 0708.23-24 | Item – Canfor Fire | 1978 | 2 photographs : colour ; 3.5 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Images of a fire at Canfor. |
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| 0708.25-26 | Item – Site of Former CFS Trumpeter Radar Base | n.d. | 2 photographs : colour ; 3.5 x 5 in. |
| Scope and content:
Photographs taken from Saskatoon Mountain overlooking the former location of the CFS Trumpeter radar base, which was in operation from 1953 to 1988. The base was known by a variety of names including CFS Beaverlodge and RCAF Station Saskatoon Mountain. |
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