Battalion Park was created in 1991 on Signal Hill. With American settlers beginning to come into the region, in 1843, the company sent Chief Factor James Douglas to build a fort some distance north on Vancouver Island and made him its superintendent. My husbands great, great grandparents were William and Sarah (Whitford) Norn, who lived on Lot 14 in Victoria Settlement and who, I believe, were buried in the cemetery there. Katrina Fedirczek died Pakan 1930 Site now Stoney Indian Park (closed ?) Hello Relocated in 1810 in competition with the NWC's Upper Terre Blanche Post. Several wagons did not trail in until 10 p.m. It was an easy mistake to make but was perfectly sane as far as an inference to make. Several wagons and a quantity of flour were also left behind. It was a wonderful gathering. My Grandfather Steve Ratsoy immigrated here with his wife Katrina and one child from the Ukraine as did many others. More than 45,000 men from 30 units across the province trained at the camp over the course of the war. It consisted of a small log building, 16 x 14 x 9 feet, with a 40-foot square corral. Next year would be appropriate, on the 150th anniversary. ), QUESTIONS ? Olga Ozurko died Pakan 1916 ), Get Outlook for Android ________________________________. Henry House (Confluence Heritage Society) Daniel B Werner died Victoria 1898 My fathers name was Ken. I would love some information as well for my dad, his great grandfather was Charles Adams, a former clerk in the settlement. Kalyna Countryone of the most historic places in Alberta! Still, with the appearance of a growing number of free traders in the Saskatchewan River country in the second half of the century, the Hudsons Bay Company was prompted to respond by constructing posts at Turtle Lake and the Victoria Mission (at the same time dropping their conservation policies) in an effort to meet the competition. Please send any corrections and/or additions to this list to: Domka Onagaron died Pakan 1920 Reinforced by a similar number of recruits who arrived the following spring via the United States, the two contingents rendezvoused at Fort Dufferin, on the Red River near the American border (west of the present-day town of Emerson), in preparation for their trailblazing march. In 1843, the Hudsons Bay Company established Fort Victoria on the coast of James Bay, in what is now the City of Victoria. It can be found on Film #2735, File #929477 at the Provincial Archives of Alberta [provincialarchives.alberta.ca 8555 Roper Road Edmonton, Alberta T6E 5W1 (780) 427-1056]. See also History of the Edmonton HBC Store from HBC Heritage The 1901 Canadian census lists Henry Anderson [b. You might also want to contact The Alberta Ukraine Genealogical Project at AB-Ukraine.Genealogy@gov.ab.ca which may have detailed information on file about your family history. My G2 Grandmother Sarah Norn (nee Whitford) had a brother named Francis born 1835. Red Deer Post | I have been doing family research for a couple of years now and am always excited when I can find new information. This is in keeping with the new house being north of the road already since previous to 1901 in keeping to the 1893 map. (1871), near Turin Thanks for visiting the blog and sharing information on your family reunion. Mike Horoczuk died Pakan 1916 In 1842, James DOUGLAS of the HUDSON'S BAY CO selected the port of Camosack (the harbour where Victoria now stands) as a new fur-trade post - eventually to replace FORT VANCOUVER as the company's Pacific headquarters and to bolster the British claim to VANCOUVER ISLAND. Percy Harland Goulash a Welsh by birth was adopted by William Gullion & Sarah Whitford when his family including a twin Ralph were immigrating from Wales to British Columbia in the Victoria BC area. Paint Earth Creek House (HBC records cover 1814 - 1821), both within a common outer palisade for mutual defence. A partial list of the historic resources found in the Victoria District includes the site of Fort White Earth, or Lower Terre Blanche House (1810-1813); the Clerks Quarters at Fort Victoria (1862), the oldest building in Alberta still on its original foundation; Pakan Methodist Church (1906); the Free Traders House (c. 1873); the Victoria Mission (1862); and the Pine Creek Post Office (1910). Nickoli Srophen died Pakan 1914 A NWMP patrol waystation. (1885 - 1895), Red Deer FORT WIKI Partially restored for interpretive use after archaeological work was initiated in the 1970s, Fort Victoria opened to the public in 1981 as a provincial historic site. Francis Louis Nelson died 1914 North Bank Mildred Eleanor Wan died Pine Creek 1915 Goulash seems to me to be Hungarian or something similar, rather than welsh. Geroge A S Koshman died Pakan 1910 recorded in documents and shows Francis Whitford was the owner in 1906 which Simon originally claimed. (1870's), Stand Off White Earth House | Domka Goryniuk died Pakan 1917 (1890 - 1892), Pincher Creek (National Historic Site) Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, 1843to1843 Mary Rubuliak died Pakan 1919 John Brinkman died Pine Creek 1912 The 1906 census lists Lewis & Adeline on River Lot 5 along with 8 children the latest being 3 year old Velma U. and notes that Lewis arrived in Canada from Norway in 1871 while Adeline came from Manitoba. W. Kaye Lamb, "The Founding of Fort Victoria", B.C. We look forward to meeting our cousins and friends. George Olyniuk died Pakan 1909 A Hudson's Bay Co. post (HBC records cover 1889 - 1895). ? It has been a pleasure reading through your posts. I may have some. Steven Bentley will be there with two other genealogists to help you find your family history. Fort Calgary Bennie S Walden died Pine Creek 1913 Isabelle Spence died Pakan 1908 Their daughter Clara Olena married Frank E Mitchell who wrote a book entitled A history od pioneering in the Pakan district and a curator of a number of local facts. (Victoria Settlement Provincial Historic Park) (1888), near Hillspring Anne Mihalcou died Pakan 1916 Boggy Hall Post | Thank you for Visiting the Victoria Settlement Blog and for sharing your family history. Christopher Sinclair died Pakan 1909 Over the years there have been many interesting articles written on the fascinating history of the Kalyna region. Kennedy's Post | Paraska Cabbage died Pakan 1923 (1870 - 1874), near High River August 20, 2023 at 9:30 am. Daniel Zachar died Pakan 1931 [4][5][6] The fort was built using labour from local First Nations people, who were paid one Hudsons Bay blanket for every 40 pickets they cut. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Albertas Victoria Settlement: Still a Special Place after 150Years, Victoria Settlement Provincial Historic Site, Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, Victoria Settlement National Historic Site of Canada, http://history.alberta.ca/victoria/summerevents/summerevents.aspx. [7] The Songhees people soon established a village across the harbour from the fort. Thanks for contacting RETROactive. The Fort Barracks were reconstructed in 2001. Thank you for visiting the Victoria Settlement blog and for sharing your family history! The gold rush of 1858 led to the development of the City of Victoria. The original headquarters of HBC operations on the Pacific Coast of North America at the time of Victoria's founding was Fort Vancouver (now Vancouver, Washington) on the lower Columbia River, but its location was difficult to defend, ships often had difficulty entering the mouth of the Columbia, and it was far from the lucrative furs in New Caledonia farther north. James Whitford has been recorded as an acknowledged leader of the Scots/English metis or The Company Indians as they were called then. Mike Lukwitch died Pakan 1916 Hello. John Fedduik died Pakan 1928 An Army Cadet Summer Training Camp (ACSTC) was held here every year between 1940 - 1955. A fur trade supply depot built by Jasper Hawes was located here in 1801. The Colony prospered and grew with the gold rush and by 1860, a small legislature was formed. An Alberta Field Force palisaded blockhouse situated on a 0.2 hectare block of land approximately ten kilometres north of town, built on the farm of Samuel Lucas, near the Peace Hills Indian Agency, along the bank of Bigstone Creek. Also have copies of obituaries for William and Sarah, etc. The column also comprised 60 horses, 74 oxen and cattle, 57 ox-carts, 26 wagons, 52 cows, and 45 calves. Fort Victoria | The Canadian Encyclopedia Stefan Kolotiliuk died Pakan 1918 Stephen Witwicki died Pakan 1912 Mary Chetek died Pakan 1927 (National Historic Site) Fort Victoria Alberta Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty P Democrysyn died North Bank 1910 Fort Victoria, Alberta - Wikiwand Wildfires are occurring in parts of BC. (1889), near Gunn ? A North West Co. post on the North Saskatchewan River at or near the mouth of the Brazeau River, south of town. Relocated in 1810. Sauchura Olyniuk died Pakan 1916 A headman of the Littlehunter Band named Muskegwahtik(Medicine Stick) d. 1885 had a reserve located just to the west of the Lobstick Settlement at Wahsatnow(Cuthill) Creek where Francoise resided. Great to e-meet you, Pauline! Dematrasczuk died 1913 Pakan Our connection will be through the Whitfords. History comes to life there. (Historic Site) In 1844, a dispute led to a gathering of warriors led by Tzouhalem, a Quamichan chief, who peppered the fort with threats and musket balls for two days until the fort's Chief Factor Roderick Finlayson demonstrated the power of the fort's nine-pounder cannon.[8]. After a brief population boom in 1858 due to the Gold Rush, the fort property was sold, the palisade was torn down and within a few years, the last of the buildings were demolished.Sources: Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, Plaque Text, 1949, 1972. Mikoli Rusnak died Pakan 1913 A Hudson's Bay Co. post, also known as Edmonton House. fort has within its compound miniatures of most everything the old fort I was born in Canada and live in Australia. Shirley (who is a far more organised researcher than I am) will be in touch with you to discuss this further. Their son Edwin Thomas married Mary Margaret Whitford daughter of John Whitford and Jane Mary Tate. (LogOut/ Sorry for the delay in responding. Katrina Rusnak died Pakan 1912 This community was all related by marriage as the House/Howse, Whitford, Spence and Favel family intermarried. The Charles Denney Metis genealogy files at Calgarys Glenbow Museum might also be of help to you. Domna Dwerenychuk died Victoria 1899 Frederick remains in residence until after 1912 when he removes to Lafond and worked at Saddle Lake. (1888), near Carstairs WebFort Victoria, near present-day Smoky Lake, Alberta, was established by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1864 on the North Saskatchewan River as a trading post with the local Cree Susie Murphy died Pakan 1918 His complete service record can also be ordered through Library and Archives Canada. on Highway 28, started out as a Methodist Mission. Katrina Galigan died Pakan 1912 O T Braden died Victoria 1899 I have not been back since 1960. Waselyna Nikolaiczuk died Pakan 1918 Fort Victoria National Historic Site of Canada is located on the southern end of Vancouver Island in Victoria, British Columbia. Thank you, Tracey, for your comment. A NWMP patrol post on the Bow River south of town. Still shown on an 1888 NWMP map. Xenia Simophychuk died Pakan 1905 The nearby rural residences make up Pakan, Alberta. William Bell died Victoria 1899 Kosma Cheernoochon died 1904 Pakan Dora Demiunczuk died 1914 North Bank Belore, Very cool, my family is John Whitford/Maria Bremner. Admission fee to the Parks Canada Visitors Centre. My great grandfather is John A. Mitchell, married to Caroline Whitford. Lee's Creek Post Philip was a first cousin to Simon and their fathers had married sisters. Rebuilt again in 1858. I am also related to a Whitford family, however, I am not sure if the same family. Whitford. No road access to actual fort site. The Hudson's Bay Company established Elbow River Post (1876/1885 - 1913) just upstream on the Elbow River, located at the present Exhibition Grounds (Stampede Park). I would be so grateful if you had any information you could pass on to me. Her father, James Alexander Mitchell, acted as the postmaster in Pakan for some tears. A North West Co. trading post, established a few months before the HBC established Fort Edmonton. Look forward to meeting you Anne. Also homestead files relating to William Norns farm at Victoria can be found at the Provincial Archives of Alberta: Accession #1970.313, Film #2970, File #789529. It appears by the birth of their children they were on the lot in 1900. Fort Spitzee | We are missing information on this part of the family and looking for further info, on the area etc. hello Alex Pilak died Pakan 1917 Interesting site. The NWMP had barracks located here by 1888. Now located in downtown Victoria at the Stimson Post Modelled after the Royal Irish Constabulary, the force was to maintain law and order in the North-West Territories (present-day Alberta and Saskatchewan), and to assert Canadian sovereignty on the prairies in anticipation of their imminent settlement. I like your suggestion of another book by Peter Melnycky! St. Mary's Post (2) | John Bose died Victoria 1898 A NWMP patrol post located on Medicine Lodge Coule (aka Willow Creek) south of town. The Charles Denney Metis genealogy files at Calgarys Glenbow Museum might also be of help to you. this summer (the first one was fascinating but much too short). Frances Helene Fane died Victoria 1898 See also History of the Town of Fort Macleod || Centennial Legacy Project from Town of Fort Macleod Fort Macleod (2) (National Historic Site) My family is Thompson. Steven Andrusiak died North Bank 1920 Isabelle Bell died Victoria 1898 Our Menus A NWMP patrol post near the Blackfeet Indian Reserve. To begin with, it was already the site of a small Methodist Mission, which had been founded in 1862 by George McDougall. Admission fee. Originally a collection of log huts, it burned down after six months but was rebuilt as a sturdy log stockade, stacked horizontally, with two square bastions in opposite corners. In 1901 Simons family as well as Fredericks family are enumerated in two residences at the site. Albertas Victoria Settlement: Still a Special Place after 150 Years Admission fee. My great grandmother Nancy Howse was in Pakan in her early years and I am trying to research her ancestry. Taken over by the NWMP in 1874. A North West Co. fur trading post. Metro Wynnyk died Pakan 1911 (Significant), 1861to1864 Benjamin Sinclair Jr. settled at River Lot #10 at the Lobstick Settlement. Carole Tyson-Flyn. Francoise is the Francis Whitford of the title transfer document. The Victoria / Pakan Ferry (1863/1875, 1892-1972). Maria Spence 1830 RRS -1862 PLP, RPTLD 2. Public access to the site is restricted to guided tours only. Fred is s son of Simon Whitford & Francoise Hope. Fort Victoria (British Columbia) - Wikipedia By the time A Troop headed out on the main cart trail on 18 August, it had been reduced to twenty force members and thirteen Metis. Fort Ostell | is I believe his great great grand father Wasil Galigan died Pakan 1912 Scarlets Post Sprague & R.P. Parasceva Chernivchan died 1911 Pakan I Stumbled on this site by fluke. In 1871 Simon married a widow of Jean Baptiste Cardinal d1870 of the Littlehunter Band named Francoise Hope b.1855 and adopted her young son James Cardinal.b.1870 Henry Anderson first cousin to John M is resident on lot 11. Its highly visible and physical attributes represent an exceptional illustration in a concentrated area of major themes in Prairie settlement including the development of the fur trade, the establishment of the Mtis river lot system, the arrival of missions, Prairie agricultural development and the establishment of eastern European immigrants at the beginning of the 20th century. James Dean died North Bank 1925. (1880's), Mission Beach No remains. The ferry crossing at the Victoria settlement is probably the oldest in Alberta and the longest-running in the Kalyna I have information I am willing to share including a database showing the genealogy of these families. Maggie Myhowicz died Pakan 1915 Fort Ethier I know there were a lot of people with the same name and it causes confusion. St. Albert Post Steven Andrusiak died North Bank 1920 In 1884 Robert McClellan built a stopping house at the Red Deer River Crossing to take advantage of the traffic on the Calgary & Edmonton Trail. It is also now possible to reach the post and other landmarks within the historic Victoria Settlement via the scenic Victoria Trail, which can be accessed off Highway 38, southeast of Redwater, 3.2 kilometers from where the Vinca Bridge crosses the North Saskatchewan River. A Canadian Militia training camp established during WWI, the only such camp in Alberta, on land leased from the Sarcee Indian Reserve. Anyhow anybody with information about Steven contact me at rumbleinthealley@live.com Thanks much. The last of the original buildings was demolished in 1862. My grandfather Allen Curtis b. My email address is eastklym@mcsnet.ca. Thank you . Fort Brisebois | I objected to this as there was no basis for a hairy bag as the reason for the name of locality as the word or words just are not even used anciently for this place and they certainly didnt invent a new name for the man of God. I have always known the area as Hairy Hill in reference to the fact the buffalo were drawn to the area because of a particular low brush or willow which very effectively helped the buffalo shed their heavy winter coats and thus was called Hairy Hill(s) I realized early on it was an error in translation but was mystified as to how it came to be. You might check the book by D.N. It was expanded in 1920. Ivan Gurieniuk died Pakan 1902 (1888), near Magrath died after 1921 at Pakan, Alberta, Canada s\o Henry Anderson born17 Aug 1827 RRS & Sophia Harper born 2 July 1820 Moose Factory. ), near Pakowki Lake I can tell you that the 1901 Canadian census listed Lewis [born 23 Feb. 1837] and his wife Adilina [18 Jan. 1865] at Pakan along with seven children: Sarah C. [3 Aug. 1887], Clara O. A NWMP patrol post located on the South Branch High(wood) River. Nick Chetek died Pakan 1930 The fort (aka Spitzee Post) was abandoned by the "wolvers" just prior to the arrival of the North West Mounted Police. I also have Whitfords in my family tree back to the Red River community. By 1863, a scow was being used at the Victoria Mission to shuttle people and goods across the North Saskatchewan River. Ben married Margaret Collins in Norway House Manitoba where they were both born (sic). Stephen Ratsoys homestead files re. Big Bend Post Livingston's Post Upgraded to a post in 1889, with outposts of its own at Saddle and Whitefish Lakes, Victoria was almost closed again just two years later, indicating its tenuous existence. Thank you for reading this post. Historical Quarterly, Vol. The crown colony of Vancouver Island was also established in 1849 and Richard Blanshard, who became its first governor in 1850, resided at Fort Victoria. Further the mind has a tendency when hearing words which cannot be understood in English [any language really] to Anglify the sounds into the phonetics of the English language which can actually change the sound into a familiar one. Anne Post Also, anyone up for a reunion at the settlement in the summer of 2022? Ernest Davis died Pakan 1919 Ivana Olyniuk died Pakan 1918 Were these houses both on riverlot 14 or was one on riverlot 15; and if Simon and Francoise were on riverlot 15, how did Francoise pass along a house on riverlot 14 since that is where the house in the middle of the road is located?

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