GRANDE PRAIRIE SCRAPBOOK

Grande Prairie is a small city 400km north of Edmonton in the Peace District of Alberta. It is the northern limit of the great continental prairies. It is the regional hub for transportation, agriculture, forestry and oil an gas industries for the region. It is also on the main northern route into British Columbia, Yukon and the last major centre before heading up the Alaska Highway. For this reason it is also a prime destination for Newfoundlanders working in the region. Outside of Fort McMurray I would guess it has the highest number of Newfoundlanders in Alberta.

I spent nearly six months working and travelling in the region meeting Newfoundlanders, both long time residents fully embedded in their new culture and those who are commuting back and forth to Newfoundland.

This is my Scrapbook.

Crossing the Peace River on the Shaftsbury Trail south of the town of Peace River, Alberta. Photo: Greg Locke

High water levels and flooding due to meltwater runoff have caused problems all over the county and contributed to the death of at least one person. In Sexsmith water washed out the road on 106 St at 101 St. PHOTO: Greg Locke

Not much traffic on Highway 43 at 11:30 p.m.Tuesday night but there where more vehicals headed west out of Grande Prairie than into the city as this long exposure photograph reveals. Photo: Greg Locke.

The city of Grande Prairie dissolves in the exhaust heat from a tractor-trailer headed west out of the city on Highway 43 in the evening sun at 10:30PM Tuesday night. Photo: Greg Locke.

Newly built houses reflect in the man-made pood near Countryside sub-division south of Grande Prairie. Sun Media photo by Greg Locke / Grand Prairie Herald-Tribune. 12 AUG2007