Author of the article: Beth Wilkins
Publishing date: Jun 28, 2021 • 15 hours ago • 6 minute read • • IMG 1501 – Although the life of a surveyor was not always an easy one, there were times for recreation – not all work and no play. In this photograph of an ALS Weir Album photograph from Judy Lamour’s Laying Down the Lines: A History of Land Surveying in Alberta, we see a surveying crew making music. Photo by SUPPLIED
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We were reminded in the previous Ponderings of the 1905 addition of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan to Canadian Confederation. They were the eighth and ninth provinces do so, and among the last to be surveyed.
Author of the article: Beth Wilkins
Publishing date: Jun 22, 2021 • 5 days ago • 6 minute read • • Photograph from Earth Sciences Museum – Dr. E.D.G. Deville, Chief Inspector of Surveys, later Surveyor General, and Director General of Surveys. He was recognized, among other accomplishments, for his introduction and enforcement of a more scientific method of survey and development of phototopography (photogrammetry) used to photograph difficult terrain. Photo by SUPPLIED
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The last few Ponderings made us aware of the Tomkins family – Peter Tomkins Sr., Peter Tomkins Jr., and his son Charles (Checker) Tomkins and their contribution to Canadian and Alberta history for which we all are the beneficiaries.
Author of the article: Beth Wilkins
Publishing date: Jun 22, 2021 • 5 days ago • 6 minute read • • Photograph from Earth Sciences Museum – Dr. E.D.G. Deville, Chief Inspector of Surveys, later Surveyor General, and Director General of Surveys. He was recognized, among other accomplishments, for his introduction and enforcement of a more scientific method of survey and development of phototopography (photogrammetry) used to photograph difficult terrain. Photo by SUPPLIED
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The last few Ponderings made us aware of the Tomkins family – Peter Tomkins Sr., Peter Tomkins Jr., and his son Charles (Checker) Tomkins and their contribution to Canadian and Alberta history for which we all are the beneficiaries.
Author of the article: Beth Wilkins
Publishing date: Jun 01, 2021 • June 1, 2021 • 7 minute read • • Glenbow Archives – 1935 – Members of Métis Association of Alberta with Members of Legislative Assembly – Edmonton: Back Row: (l-r) Joseph Miville Dechene (MLA); Felix Calihoo; Leonidas Alcidas Giroux, MLA; Peter Tomkins Jr. Front Row: (l-r) Jim Brady, secretary; Reverend Father Falher, Grouard parish priest; Joe Dion, president Métis Association; Reverend Bishop Guy; Malcolm F. Norris; Peter Tomkins Sr. Group photograph after Royal Commission to enquire into Métis question. Photo by SUPPLIED
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We are well on our way to history of Peter Tomkins Jr. and his advocacy, along with that of others – Métis Famous Five – for the Métis people of Alberta and beyond. The intricacies of the all-important Ewing Commission, for which the Métis Famous Five – Felix Calliou (Callihoo], Joseph Dion, Jim Brady, Malcolm Norris and Peter Tomkins