The region known as the North Peace has always been rich in oil and gas reserves. In 1952 oil and gas was discovered in Fort St. John and the immediate vicinity, officially establishing Fort St. John as the oil and gas capital of B.C. In 1957 the refinery in Taylor, BC (14 km south of Fort St. Joh...
The Alaska Highway starts in Dawson Creek, BC winding it’s way northwest through to the Yukon and finally terminating in Delta Junction, Alaska totalling 1,422 miles (2288 km). This massive project, initially U.S. Army supply route, was completed in 1942, an impressive eight months after it ...
The Providence Hospital was established in Fort St. John, BC in August of 1931 by the Catholic Sisters of Providence. The Sisters, Sr. Marie Gilberte, Sr. Agatha and Sr. Catherine de Bologne, accompanied by Father Luc Beuglet. Soon after they were joined by Sr. Gerard Majella and Sr. Alfred de la ...
Margaret ‘Ma’ Murray was born in Windy Ridge, Kansas in 1888. After spending She and her husband, George, worked at various newspapers and were actively involved in politics. In 1941 she and George moved to Fort St. John where she started the Alaska Highway News. She became very involv...
Monica Storrs came to the Peace Region in 1929 to work as an Anglican Missionary and quickly became dubbed ‘God’s Galloping Girl’. She was born in 1888 in London, England, the fourth child of an Anglican Reverend. At the age of 41 and self-described as ‘middle-sized and mid...
Bella (Attachie) Yahey was born in 1858 to the Great Chief Attachie, one of the Beaver First Nations leaders who, in 1900, signed Treaty 8 in Fort St. John, BC. Bella played a very active role with her people and was visible and regular feature around town. She married Charley Yahey, for whose fat...
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