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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 06, 1992
Page
11
The Mounted Police Force formed in 1845 to manage rambunctious canal workers on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence, initially temporary, giving rise to offshoots including the North West Mounted Police and today’s Royal Mounted Police known as the Mounties.
The Group of Seven, Canada’s premier painters’ school, centers on rugged northern Ontario landscapes. Originators include A.Y. Jackson Lawren Harris Arthur Lismer J E H MacDonald Frederick Varley F H Johnston and Franklin Carmichael, inspired by Tom Thomson who died in 1917. Later members include A J Cassa Edwin Holgate and L L Fitzgerald.
In early British Columbia communities, fishermen discovered a natural lamp fuel source. Smelt fish, abundant and highly oily, could be impaled on a stick and ignited, offering a simple lighting method before electricity. This makeshift solution contrasted with traditional oil lamps drawn from whales, seals, coal, or petroleum.
A public notice announces a meeting in Dawson Creek on Thursday January 16 1992 at 9 00 a m in the Hunter Room of the George Dawson Inn. The brief item specifies the event location and time for local residents and stakeholders.
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