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- THE OBLATE PROVINCIAL HOUSE
The Maison Provinciale is located directly south of the Church of St. Joachim, a site which early photographs indicate had once been used as a graveyard. The proximity of the Oblate Provincial House to the church illustrates the ties between the Order and the parish. - THE POLISH HALL
The Polish Brotherly Aid Society built this hall just down the street from the Ukrainian Hall in the same year, 1927. - THE PROVINCIAL COURT HOUSE
Grande Prairie served as a government administrative centre from 1911 when the first Dominion Land Survey office and Royal North West Mounted Police barracks were constructed there. - THE QUEEN'S HOTEL,1903
The Queen's Hotel is a fine example of turn-of-the-century stone masonry in Fort Macleod. - THE RAMSAY GREENHOUSES
From 1905 until 1944 the northeast corner of this intersection was occupied by the Ramsay Greenhouses. - THE SOLLOWAY MILLS CO. BUILDING (SHOPRITE STORE)
The Shoprite Store on Main Street in Turner Valley was built in 1929 by the Solloway Mills Co., a stock brokerage and investment business. - THE STAMPEDE RANCH
Henry Meinsinger Jr. first settled on what is presently the Stampede Ranch in the late 1880s or the early 1890s. - THE TORONCHUK FARMHOUSE
The traditional farming and building skills of the new¬comers held them in good stead in the rough frontier conditions. - THE VICTORIA FERRY AND THE EGG CREEK OIL WELL
As early as 1887, there was a ferry at Victoria. - THE WEST END TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
The West End Telephone Exchange was built in 1913 according to the same design architect Alan Jeffers had drawn up for the North End Telephone Exchange at 10105-112 Avenue. The two exchanges were identical, at least on the exterior.