Successors to Klondikers open frontiers in Northwest
A springtime rush of prospecting and new projects marks the reopening of Canada s northlands along the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek to Haines Junction. Prospectors push into Cassiar asbestos wealth and oil prospects near the Peace River while pipelines and mills rise, drawing families like the Goulds and crews like Captain Walter Johnson into a modern frontier.
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Klondikers
Northwest
Canada
Peace River
Alaska
Mile Zero
Dawson Creek
Haines Junction
Yukon
B.C
Canadian Northwest
Alaska Highway
Northlands
Fall rye for Prairies licensing and suitability noted
The Petkus and Sangaste fall rye varieties were licensed in Canada in 1957 for prairie provinces. Petkus and Sangaste differ in origin and traits with Antelope and Dakold generally hardier. Tetra Petkus is unsuitable for the prairie region due to severe winter kill. eastern Canada only.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Estonia
Prairie
Dufferin council agrees on Leafy Spurge control plan
At a Friday meeting in the Rural Municipality of Dufferin council and Needs Commission chairman A. Craig White decided that Atlacide will not be used in future Leafy Spurge efforts. The panel did not resolve whether to continue the program next year, but agreed that one or both of two new chemicals proposed by Mr. White could be employed if the project continues. The newer agents reportedly work in similar soil conditions elsewhere. The Dufferin Leader Carman Man August 8, 1957.
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Dufferin
Municipal Council
Needs Commission
A. Craig White
Craig
Carman
Man
Manitoba Origin Name Commemorated At Narrows Ceremony
Premier Douglas Campbell unveiled a plaque at The Narrows on Lake Manitoba during a Sunday August 11 ceremony. The event celebrated both the Manitoba origin name and the official opening of The Narrows ferry in a pageant style setting. The plaque was prepared by the Historic Sites Advisory Board for Manitoba and ties the name to Cree and Assiniboine linguistic lore.
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Stan Gorny
Watson Lake
Alaska Highway
Manitoba
Narrows
Lake
Douglas Campbell
Historic Sites Advisory Board For
G. M. Brownell
University of Manitobas Geology Department
the Narrows
Manito
Manning Strait
Advisory Board
Widow Reworks Monument Inscription After New Marriage
A young widow erected a costly gravestone for her late husband with the line My grief is so great that I cannot bear it. After remarrying about a year later she altered the inscription at small cost to read My grief is so great that I cannot bear it alone.
Glorious Manitoba Celebrations Feature Band and Dancers
A 50 piece military band with pipers and Highland dancers led Manitoba celebrations. A marine cavalcade and an old time jigging contest added color to events in Binscaith on August 8 1957 reported by The Express.
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the Express
Binscaith
Man
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Jim Bowes
Pete Hamlin
Stan
Pete
Canyoon
Pacific
Gorny
Telegraph Creek
British Columbia
Klondike
Edmonton
Rupert
Mac) McKenzie
Ontario
Cassiar
Bob Kirk
Cassiar Asbestos Corporation
Lower Post
Glen Gould
Glen
Nelson
Gould
Quartzrock
Diana
Glenda
Fort Nelson
Mile 300
Walter Johnson
Nelson River
Aklavik
Joe Tsukamoto
Federal Experimental Farm
Whitehorse
Rain
Vancouver
U.S. Pacific Northwest
Peel
Arctic Circle
Sedicin
Orvg
Acombe Globe
Alta
Lacombe
Popow
Steve Kovac
George Harris
Lacombe Globe
Lowell Shoup
Jim Duffy
Ralph Bos
Advance Studios
Cunard’s
Sylvania
Carinthia
Ivernia - Saxonia
Cunard
Cocunard
Bank of Toronto
Portage Avenue
Winnipeg
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