Centennial Edition
Chronicles of early settlers recorded in several newspaper columns by Steve Dills Sylvan Lake News
Hardship, intensive labour, neighbourliness and inspiration dominate a series of stories about the early residents of Sylvan Lake. These were written by Anna Pope Jaminette and appeared between March 1953 and April 1954 in the Sylvan Lake News. The 42 stories focus mainly on families who moved to the Sylvan Lake area but also included such topics as the hobbies of J. W. McIntosh (bird egg collecting, grasses, bugs, moths and butterflies), Memorial Presbyterian Church, school year books and stories of early days from her own scrapbooks. Several of these were republished, sometimes with further information, in the Red Deer Advocate’s series Pioneers of Central Alberta in 1967. The full series of stories has been transcribed and is available from Sylvan Lake News or at Sylvan Lake & District Archives. Here’s the list of families chronicled. Frank Raymond Bardwell, Peter Bertheusen, Wm. Bieraugel, Alex Bone, Peter Cameron, Joseph Heinrich, Mrs. Fred Johnson, J. W. McIntosh, Henry Jamieson, Fred Johnson, Kris Johnson, John Koski, Mrs. Mikko Kuores, B. C. Learned, Daniel B. Learned, Andrew Lindholm, Frank Lindholm, Henry Lund, W. D. MacKay, Erik Maki, Mrs. Mary Miller (nee
Petro), Frederick Robert Nelles, Chris Riis, John Ropsfelt, Jim Rose, the Saha family, Henry Salonen, Fred Schaer, Jack Simpson, Karl Soderlund, Stella Weber, Peter Wetelainen, Andrew Woima, Isaac Wuobio, William Orrin Wylie and John Zimmerman. Another series was written in 1967 titled Memoirs of Sylvan Lake District Pioneers. Teacher Mr. T. Green asked his Grade 10 and 11 students at Sylvan Lake High School to complete the project in conjunction with Canada’s Centennial. Stories of 21 pioneers of the area were completed by the students and published in Sylvan Lake News. These have also been transcribed and are available from Sylvan Lake News or at Sylvan Lake & District Archives. Here’s the list. Mrs. Charlie Anderson, Eric Bergstrom, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Bystrom (nee Delia Fitch), Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bystrom (nee Ida Smith), Swan Bystrom, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Erickson (nee Astrid Engman), Mr. and Mrs. George Fitch (nee Madge Einarson), Christine Grimson (nee Kristin Einarson), Mrs. Dora Hillman, John Oscar Hilman, J. W. Kujala, Mrs. E. Lake, Mrs. Maria Charlotte Lindman (nee Lindholm), Henrietta Loiselle, Mrs. Edwin Mannerfeldt (nee Holsworth), Mrs. Martha (Angus) Martin (nee Reilly), Lillian and Everett Neilsen, Mary Pijeau (nee Henrich), Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Stauffer and John Watson (married Mima Gilpin).
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Hotel Burnt at Sylvan Lake HEAVY LOSSES AT LOCAL HOTEL The Alexandra Hotel at Sylvan Lake was burnt to the ground on Monday. Some of the equipment was saved, but the loss was heavy, as only $5,000 insurance was carried. According to Mr. Loiselle, the proprietor of the Hotel, the chimney was afire in the morning, but after using fire extinguishers he thought the fire was all out. Later, while at dinner, the building
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burst into flame, and before they discovered it, was caught to such an extent that it was seen to be doomed. The building was all frame and burnt rapidly, but some small portion of the furniture was saved with the assistance of friends who were quickly on the spot. - October 22, 1924, Red Deer Advocate
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Sylvan Lake featured on Maclean’s cover Sylvan Lake was the motif for the cover of ue of the recent issue gazine. Macleans magazine. Depicted in thee foreground was a large athers crowd of bathers basking in the bright sunshine, but itt was evident that the artist was not familiar with y-law the town by-law which prohibits any eing dog from being ater, allowed in the water, or being on the beach or pier ash whether on a leash or not, during the ne, months of June, July, August or September, ily because lazily he stretched on the up sand near a group as of sun bathers was a DOG. st The artist William Winterr was evidentlyy h intrigued with Sylvan Lake on a o recent trip to western Canada and got the urge to paint what he saw. - June 16, 1960, Sylvan Lake News
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