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Available at the Fort St. John North Peace Museum Friday, April 14 for as long as supplies last

Celebrate the biodiversity of the North Peace Region of British Columbia through a free take home kit sponsored by Burger King. This kit introduces children ages 3-12 and their families to notable local animals from beaver to lynx. Discover fun facts about wildlife in the Peace Region and learn what their footprints look like. Use your knowledge to pair animals to their footprints in a matching game. Create your own animal footprints with salt dough. 

Friday, March 31st from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, April 1st from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fort St. John North Peace Museum

Help! Someone has put present-day items in the Fort St. John North Peace Museum’s historic exhibits as some kind of April Fools’ Day joke! Can you find 1-3 items that don’t belong in each of our displays? The North Peace Historical Society is offering free admission to the museum on Donations or gift shop sales to help our non-profit preserve and present the history of Fort St. John and the North Peace are always appreciated.

Chuckegg Creek Wildfire Display 1

 

May 20, 2020 marked the one-year anniversary of the evacuation of the Town of High Level. To mark the occasion, a new exhibit highlighting the events of the fire last spring is now on display at the Mackenzie Crossroads Museum and Visitor Centre for summer/fall 2020.

Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m. at the Museum
Join us as we follow the 1982 journey of three men who travelled from the plains of North America to the Pacific Ocean. 1200 miles of wilderness, 11 mountain ranges, and 22 river crossings later, only one makes it to Wrangell, Alaska. Free admission. Donations welcome. Call 250-787-0430 for more information.

February 12 – March 31, 2020 at the Fort St. John North Peace Museum

This special temporary exhibit looks at the history of winter sports in the North Peace. From curling to speed skating with unique sports like dogsled racing thrown in, this exhibit looks at our rich sporting history through photographs, artefacts, and stories. Did you know that Fort St. John’s outdoor speed skating oval was once lit with the light of parked cars so a competition could finish in the dark? Come see antique cross-country skis, a 1930s hockey uniform, crazy snow golf photographs, and a figure skating program from Canada’s Centennial.

Date:  2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 15

Where:  Willie Janzen Theatre, Grande Prairie Public Library

Description:  Peace Country Historical Society invites you to attend the showing of this historical film, produced in 1958 by the National Film Board of Canada. The film promoted the prosperous development of agriculture and industry in the Peace Country and gives “a tribute to the pioneer spirit which still finds scope in our northern settlement.” Do You Remember 1958?

For more information:  780-532-4014

People of the Peace 1958

When: 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 16, 2019

Place: Grande Prairie Museum Community Room

Description: Retired Forester Pat Wearmouth will tell the story and speak on the memorial for teenagers Wilfred Derocher and Raphael Klein, who died fighting the Moose Hill wildfire north of Sexsmith in 1944.

For more information: 780-532-4014image001

When: July 16 – August 17
What Time: 2:00 – 3:30 pm, Monday – Friday
Where: NLC Grouard Campus Room E 113

Everyone Welcome *Children under 5 must be accompanied by an adult*
For more information, please call the Museum 780-751-3306

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