Ranchers and Farmers

Pages: 
12
Printer friendly version
The Tremblay homestead, an exhibit at the Royal British Columbia Museum. RBCM.
This is a photograph of the Tremblay homestead, an exhibit at the Royal British Columbia Museum showing a horse on the left.
The Peace River country is the grain-growing centre of British Columbia. The first shipment of wheat left the region in 1906 when 1,000 bushels were sent to the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vermillion, Alberta.

Hector Tremblay, considered the first farmer in the region, settled near Pouce Coupe in 1906. He cultivated about 4 hectares, growing wheat and oats to feed his packhorses and provide food for the table.

Ploughing a field near Sudetin, 1950. BC Archives I-22151.
This is black and white photograph of a farmer ploughing a field near Sudetin, British Columbia.
Grain farmers in the Peace River country created new, artificial grasslands but destroyed many of the native grasses.
Threshing grain near Dawson Creek, 1950. BC Archives I-22142.
This is a black and white photograph of four farmers with horses threshing grain near Dawson Creek, 1950
Ranchers and Farmers - 
12