Oil and Gas Formation in Western Canada
A detailed overview explains how oil and natural gas form from marine remains, migrate into porous rocks, and become trapped by impervious cap rocks. It covers the Western Canada Basin, tar sands, reservoir mechanics, gas caps and water drives, and the role of provincial agencies in setting production limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Athabasca
Edmonton
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Rockies
Mackenzie River
Ontario
Quebec
Maritimes
Newfoundland
Western Canada
Great Interior Plains
United States
Mid-Continent
Texas Gulf
Interior Plains
Winnipeg
Moose Jaw
Leduc
Western
Linda Lee Needle Weaving Book Featured at Exhibition
Linda Lee needle weaving offers 11 complete items through basic stitches and patterns. The handiwork was showcased by Kate Aitken at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. Order by mail for 45 cents to add to your skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindalee
Kate Aitken
Toronto
Canadian Forestry Association to teach tree planting tour
The Canadian Forestry Association will conduct a tree planting course described as a classroom on wheels. It will visit farming areas in Alberta from August 9 to 30 with experts presenting on the benefits of planting trees on farm land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alta
Canadian Forestry Association
Alberta
Birds Perish in Cold Spell Along Quarter-Mile Stretch
In HillSpring Alta a severe cold snap killed twenty four robins across a quarter mile with many ducks found frozen in the ice. Wildlife officials noted the harsh spell impacted local birds and recorded the count in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillspring
Alta
Saskatchewan Forestry Branch Plans Major Tree Planting Drive
The provincial forestry branch announces a wide scale planting program across Fort a la Corne Cypress Hills and Chaplin in Saskatchewan. E J Marshall reports 103000 lodgepole pine Siberian larch and Scots pine in Fort a la Corne. 25000 lodgepole pine in Cypress Hills. 500 Manchurian elm near Chaplin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort A la Corne
Cypress Hills
Chaplin
Saskatchewan
E. J. Marshall
Prince Albert
Tinue
Marshall
Bronson Provincial Forest
Meadow Lake
Teepee Creek
Hudson Bay
Big River Nursery
Embroidery Pattern 7108 Lilac Lavender Irons On
An antique pattern advertisement by Alice Brookes describes light purple lilac designs for linens. It promotes a washable iron on patch for towels tablecloths sheets pillowcases and blouses with ten lilac color designs and sizes from four by five inches to six by six inches. The pattern costs twenty five cents and includes mailing instructions.
Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog Offers 1954 Patterns
Plainly write your name address and pattern number for the brand new and beautiful 1954 catalog from Department P P L Household Arts Toronto. Four patterns printed inside plus popular embroidery crochet sewing color transfer designs. Send 25 cents for your copy now.
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Alice Brooks Needlecraft
Jubilee theme on Sask 1955 licenses
Regina Saskatchewan license plates for 1955 will feature a Jubilee theme. Hon. C. M. Fines says the Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee committee designed the plates in provincial colors green numbers on white and the inscription Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee 1955. The committee rejected a more ornate design as impractical to reproduce.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
C. M. Fines
Saskatchewan Government Insurance Office
Fines
Baby roundup honors Saskatchewan doctor Dr OBrien
A special Frontier sport day feature will honor Dr OBrien for delivering about 9000 babies during 50 years of country practice. The event aims to gather as many former patients as possible, tracing his early work from Victorian England to Dominion City and horseback pioneer care across Saskatchewan. The celebration committee includes provincial and municipal leaders such as T J Bentley, Garnet Coulter, Emmet McCusker, Les Hammond, L H Lowry, Henry Mang, Harry Wahl, L Baskerville, Mrs Gilbertson, Oliver Onerheim, A H Stevens, Miss Grace Stewart, John Vopni, John Dixon, William Cook, and A Desmond Burridge.
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O'Brien
Frontier
England
Dominion City
Manitoba
Murrough O'Brien
Qu'Appelle
EmmettcCusker
Regina
Canadian Medical Council
T. J. Bentley
Garnet Coulter
Winnipeg
Emmet McCusker
Les Hammond
L. H. Lowry
Moose Jaw
Henry Mang
Harry Wahl
Qu'Appelle-Wolseley
Reeve L. ©. Baskerville
Man
George Gilbertson
Oliver R. Onerheim
A. H. Stevens
Climax
Grace Stewart
John Vopni
Davidson
John Dixon
Saskatchewan doctor honored for 57 years of service and frontier life
The text profiles Dr. O'Brien, a Saskatchewan physician whose career spanned Frontier Beechy Craik and Qu'Appelle with early work in 1890 as a railway labourer. It notes his Arctic army medical service, a forthcoming memoir Saddlebag Surgeon, and an honor roll drive for Frontier's July 9 celebration.
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Winnipeg
Russia
Arctic
Frontier
Beechy, Craik
Qu'Appelle
Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
O'Brien
Grace Stewart
Somerset Block
Regina
Board of Trade
Robert Tyre
Toronto
J. M. Dent
O’brien
Notable Visitor Totals At Canadian National Parks
The National Parks of Canada welcomed over 5 million visitors from April 1, 1953, to February 28, 1954 with Banff leading at 647,139. Point Pelee saw the largest rise at 120,797 more visitors year over year, reaching 435,298. Riding Mountain followed Banff with 480,795. Jasper recorded 131,610, up 98,113 from the prior year. Cristobal Colon peak in Colombia stands at 18,947 feet, the loftiest coastal mountain mass.
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National Parks of
Alberta
Cristobal Colon
Colombia
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A. W. Hanks
Home Workshop
West Fifth Ave
Vancouver
B.C
Whies
Sask
Alice Brookes
P.P.L
Front Street W
Peggy
Debbie
Harilyd
Massey
Robert Thomas Waters
George
Army
RCAF
RCN
Queen
Comox
Vancouver Island
Robert Waters
Waters
DR. Murrough O'Brien
Chuck Thurston
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