Mobile Library on 2000 Mile Trek Across Peace River Area
The Dawson Creek Branch travels March equinox with a light crew and a van loaded with about 1,000 volumes. Howard Overend and Tony Kwyenzl drive through wheat fields forests and along the Pacific coast to reach rural schools and communities. This mobile library serves a 110 000 square mile region with a 35 000 population and connects readers to global books and voyages.
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Dawson Creek
Brench
Peace River
Pacific Coast
Public Library Commission
Manitoba agate pit prized by rock hounds
A Manitoba town’s Souris pit is described as one of the continent’s best for agates. It holds abundant cutting material and excellent hunting conditions for rock hounds. The site is notable for Montana agate, increasingly rare in the United States.
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Manitoba
Souris
Montana
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Gon Creek
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Bow River Project
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