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6 unusual facts about Peace River


Buffalo River

Buffalo River (Alberta), a river in northern Alberta, Canada, tributary of the Peace River

Dane-zaa

The Dane-zaa (ᑕᓀᖚ, also spelled Dunneza, or Tsattine, and historically often referred to as the Beaver tribe by Europeans) are a First Nation of the large Athapaskan language group; their traditional territory is around the Peace River of the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.

In the late 18th century, European Canadians opened the Peace River area to fur trading.

Donald MacLaren

After recovering MacLaren, his father and his brother opened a fur trading post at a remote point on the Peace River.

Peace River Suspension Bridge

The Peace River Suspension Bridge was a bridge near Taylor, British Columbia, Canada, crossing the Peace River.

PeaceFest

PeaceFest is an annual music festival held in Peace River, Alberta.


James Cornwall

Cornwall ran as a provincial Liberal candidate in the 1905 Alberta general election in the Peace River electoral district.

Pearl Luke

Born in Peace River, Alberta, Luke attended University of Calgary and earned first a BA and then an MA in English Literature.

Ron Hayter

When he was 22, he got a scoop about the collapse of the Peace River, Alberta Bridge which got him national attention and a job on the Edmonton Journal.

Wells Gray Provincial Park

The park may have been saved because the British Columbia government was preoccupied in the 1960s with planning and building (and paying for) the W.A.C. Bennett Dam on the Peace River and Mica Dam, Keenleyside Dam and Duncan Dam, all part of the Columbia River Treaty projects.

Williston Lake

Williston Lake was created in 1968 by the building of the W. A. C. Bennett Dam on the Peace River, which flooded the aboriginal-territorial home of the Tsay Keh Dene band.


see also

Al Adair

Adair played minor league Baseball for the Peace River Stampeders in the North Peace Baseball League.

Frank Oberle

Frank Oberle, Jr., his son, Canadian politician, Alberta Progressive Conservative MLA for Peace River, 2004-

Peace River C, British Columbia

Peace River C is a regional district electoral area in the Peace River Regional District in northeastern British Columbia, Canada.

Peace River D, British Columbia

Peace River D is a regional district electoral area in the Peace River Regional District in northeastern British Columbia, Canada.

Winterburn Group

The Winterburn Group is conformably overlain by the Wabamun Group and overlays the Ireton Formation, except in the Peace River Arch, where it rests on the Precambrian basement.