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1 FORT MCMURRAY : The northwest end of Franklin Avenue by the current intersection of Hardin and Morrison Streets. Credit: McDonald Family Collection, FMHS. REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WOOD BUFFALO S HERITAGE

2 January 2012 Credit: Hugh Stroud, Fort McMurray Historical Society FORT MCMURRAY : CIRCA 1929 Hugh Stroud was delivering milk by dog sled on MacDonald Avenue, between Morrison and Main Streets. The wheel dog was named Caribou. Stroud was the son of Christine Furlough who owned a local dairy by the Snye.

3 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Composite High School opens with an enrollment of 586 students First Traffic Lights in town are operational Alberta Vocational Centre changes its name to Keyano College Dr. William McKay returns to FortChipewyan to fight a major smallpox epidemic, which took half of the population of Fort Chipewyan & Fort McKay Town approves building of Area 1 (Abasand) Explorer Peter Pond is born in Milford Connecticut The first mail delivery from Fort McMurray to Fort Simpson by air The town speed limit is set at 25 m.p.h December 2011 February

4 February 2012 Credit: Alvin Lawrence, Fort McMurray Historical Society. WATERWAYS : The town of Waterways as it appeared in the winter, looking west toward the Industrial Minerals Company Salt plant. The photograph was taken from the Northern Alberta Railway water tower. Railway Avenue ran along the front of the photograph and the Waterways Hotel was on the far right side.

5 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday The Royal Northwest Mounted Police become the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Area 1 is officially named Abasand Heights The first car trip made from Fort McMurray to Edmonton occurred on Sunday February 10th Alexander MacKenzie was knighted for his Northern Canada explorations th, 1789 Alexander MacKenzie founded Fort Chipewyan for the Hudson s Bay Company Fort McMurray hosts the Alberta Winter Games January The local Chamber of Commerce requests to have street lights installed in town March

6 March 2012 Credit: Bob Duncan, Fort McMurray Historical Society FORT MCMURRAY : CIRCA 1935 A Canadian Airways Junkers CF-AQW with a canoe on the top of the airplane. The canoe was being transported for trappers or prospectors going north.

7 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday February April Smashing The Land Monopoly land was taken back from Edmonton developers for unpaid taxes and resold to local people to save the school board from bankruptcy William McMurray was born Walter Hill enters into a partnership with pharmacist Angus Sutherland Fort McMurray was named Town of the Year by Trade and Commerce magazine Domestic oil prices increase from $2.40 to $6.50 per barrel.

8 April 2012 Credit: N. McGowan, Fort McMurray Historical Society. WATERWAYS : A horse drawn wagon is being loaded with goods from the train platform of the Waterways railway station. Since the train was the main source of shipping freight from Edmonton, eager residents would gather at the station when they knew that goods were coming in and buy them off of the train.

9 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday The city of Fort McMurray and Improvement District 18N amalgamate to form the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo The official naming of Thickwood Heights occurred The earliest recorded river break up McMurray Air Services requests permission to use Franklin Avenue as a runway Local transit system begins service The average date for river break up The first Pacific Western Airlines Boeing 737 flight from Edmonton to Fort McMurray Town Council receives complaints of planes landing on Franklin Avenue March The Geographical Board of Alberta approves changing the city name of McMurray to Fort McMurray May

10 May 2012 Credit: Fort McMurray Historical Society FORT MCMURRAY : CIRCA 1940 Franklin Avenue was the main street in Fort McMurray after it was rebuilt from the 1934 fire. In this photograph Franklin Avenue is a dirt road and there is a man standing in the center of it. Down the left side was the New Franklin Hotel with a car in the front. The next building is Sutherland s Pharmacy. Mr. D.G. Sutherland was standing and A.M. Sutherland was sitting outside of Sutherland s Pharmacy.

11 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Fort McMurray with Waterways acquires village status The latest recorded river break up Fort McMurray was founded by Henry J. Moberley Canoes replace cars due to local flooding The paving of highway 63 begins. CELTIC DAY & HERITAGE PARK OPENING April Latest recorded snowfall Alfred T. Penhorwood was elected first Mayor of the Village of Fort McMurray June

12 June 2012 Credit: Fort McMurray Historical Society FORT MCMURRAY : 1948 The MV Radium Yellowknife in the Clearwater River after it was launched off of the slipways at The Prairie shipyard. The MV Radium Yellowknife was built in Fort McMurray for the Northern Transportation Company Limited and then brought over the portage to be used on the MacKenzie River. The Fort McMurray Historical Society is currently building a Marine Park where the shipyards were located in the Prairie section of Fort McMurray.

13 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday May July Claire Peden became the Mayor of the renamed Town of Fort McMurray The first town council meeting was held The first publication of the McMurray Courier newspaper NATIONAL ABORIGINAL DAY 1971 The grand opening of the Centennial Pool Proclaimed the New Town of Fort McMurray

14 July 2012 Credit: Arthur Lambert, Fort McMurray Historical Society. FORT MCMURRAY TO ATHABASCA : CIRCA 1912 During their journey south, two surveyors had their photo taken with a native woman in front of a Cree tepee. The men were on route from Fort McMurray to Athabasca to take their findings overseas in hopes of getting funding.

15 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday The Grant MacEwan bridge over the Athabasca River officially opened Charles Romeo Eymundson was born, making him the first non-native child to be born in the area H.W.Selby completed mapping Fort McMurray and submitted his plan for settlement, entitled Plan of the Fort McMurray Settlement Fort McMurray was financially unable to purchase the updated telephone system The building of Beacon Hill subdivision was approved Project Oilsands, the experimental atomic extraction method, was approved Explorer John Franklin was last seen on this day June August

16 August 2012 Credit: Fort McMurray Historical Society. DRAPER / WATERWAYS : CIRCA 1921 Northerners preparing to leave on an Alberta and Great Waterways Railway Company train to go south to Edmonton. Draper was the end of the railway line in 1921, giving it the title End of Steel. In 1923 the train was moved slightly closer to Fort McMurray, and ended in Waterways.

17 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday July September HERITAGE DAY The Great Canadian Oil Sands merges with Sun Oil to become Suncor A house located in Waterways was purchased by council to be used as an RCMP house and jail The first Syncrude dragline was revealed A second bridge across the Athabasca River was proposed.

18 September 2012 Credit: Mrs. Harry Halliday, Fort McMurray Historical Society. FORT MCMURRAY : CIRCA 1928 Students and teachers standing outside of the second Fort McMurray Public School just after it had opened. The two room schoolhouse was built in 1927 to replace the first wooden school which burnt down in May While the new school was being built, students had class outside and then in the Presbyterian Church.

19 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday August October The City of Fort McMurray was officially declared, it was called the Jubilee City since This occurred on the province s 75th Anniversary The official opening of Syncrude By-Law 66 prohibiting the running of horses and cattle at large in town was proposed and initially rejected Fort McMurray Seniors plan a drop in center for Heritage Park The first truck, Walter Hill s Model T Ford, arrives in town. It was brought to Fort McMurray by water The first day of operation of Great Canadian Oil Sands.

20 October 2012 Credit: Fort McMurray Historical Society. FORT MCMURRAY : CIRCA 1929 A view of the town of Fort McMurray which shows the original Hudson s Bay store and warehouse on the waterfront. The large white building in the front of the water was the Hudson s Bay factor s house with the warehouse building to the right of that. In the background, going in a fairly straight line was Franklin Avenue, which was surrounded by houses and businesses.

21 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday The first publication of the Fort McMurray Today newspaper A yield sign was approved for Main Street and Franklin Avenue ,000 voters estimated in Fort McMurray The first woman mayor elected, E.C.M. Collicott Guy Boutilier was elected as mayor, he was the youngest mayor in Fort McMurray s history at 33 years of age Explorer Alexander MacKenzie arrives to become Pond s successor in the area September November

22 November 2012 Credit: Julian Mills, Fort McMurray Historical Society. WATERWAYS : The S.S. Northland Echo docked in front the Imperial Oil Limited ramp in Waterways. During this period Waterways had a number of major industries, such as McInnes Products Corporation Limited, the Hudson Bay Company, and Industrial Minerals Company. These companies were strategically placed by both the railway and a major shipyard.

23 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday October December There is approval to erect a flagpole on Franklin Avenue to discourage pilots from landing on the street G.C.O.S. announces an eight million dollar profit OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS Record numbers of people at the outdoor Northern Classic hockey game with 5,000 tickets sold The First Trade Show in Fort McMurray was held.

24 December 2012 Credit: Milton Burton, Fort McMurray Historical Society. DRAPER : CIRCA 1922 The original Waterways site, now called Draper. On the site, from left to right there was Maude Dunovan, a Chinese Restaurant, the Pool Hall, a building which could possibly be Mrs. Violet s shed, the Hotel, and the General Store run by John Perry.

25 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday November January The opening of the last Hill Drugs Store, which is now Campbell s Music The construction of MacDonald Island Complex was approved Haxton s General Store (the oldest continuously used building in the city) was destroyed by fire Alfred T. Penhorwood became the Mayor of the Town of McMurray.

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27 NOTES

28 HERITAGE PARK: A little village locked in time. Preserved in our village are buildings and artifacts dating back to the earliest settlers. Stop by and browse our gift shop which offers unique and local items such as giftware, craft and artwork, and more. HOURS OF OPERATION: PARK & MUSEUM SITE: Fall and Winter tours available by appointment only OFFICE: Mon-Fri 9 a.m. 5 p.m. GIFT SHOP: Mon-Sat 9 a.m. 5 p.m. FALL & WINTER COMMUNITY SERVICES & RENTALS INCLUDE: Research Assistance and Resource Library Conference Room, Park, and Gazebo Rentals AFA Travelling Exhibition Program and other gallery exhibitions Church/ Wedding Rentals Volunteer Opportunities Self Guided and Interpretive Tour Membership

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