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Posing for a Photograph at the End of the Pier
1943
Main Beach, Alberta Beach, Alberta, Canada
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Children Sitting on Ruined Pier
1945
Main Beach, Alberta Beach, Alberta, Canada
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As the weather got warmer, we spent most of our time on the lake or on our boat. Rolley's Bakery and Tea House would be open and we would get some of his cinnamon buns and, on some weekends, one of his pies. He did all of his baking on a coal and wood stove. On Saturday night we would walk downtown and get an ice cream cone. That was a real treat!

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Rolley's Staff
Alberta Beach, Alberta, Canada


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Inside Rolley's Kitchen
Alberta Beach, Alberta, Canada


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Finally school was out in June and we got to spend more time at the lake. Dad got two weeks holidays and we spent them all here. We also went fishing every night and caught Jack (northern pike). They were very plentiful. Once in a while we were able to catch a pickerel (walleye). We ate all we caught. Then supply truck would only come to the Beach once a week and that is when you were able to get fresh meat and other perishable items. Jack Clarke would come around during the week to sell milk from the back of his wagon. Roy Patterson sold vegetables and I remember John Oselies selling eggs. This was all done on the street from the back of their wagons. There were no Farmer's Markets in those days but the concept was the same.

At this time we got to stay on a Sunday night so we were very excited to take in the movies at the dance pavilion. Ray Meurin ran these. They were National Film Board films but to us it was heaven. There was also a movie shown once a week at the Community Hall.

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Swimming at the Lake
1948
Alberta Beach, Alberta, Canada
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We usually tried to be here in July when the native people would come for the annual pilgrimage to Lac Ste. Anne. They would pass through the beach with their horses and wagons loaded with the supplies they needed, like tents, poles, etc. They would camp in the ditches on the way. Some of these people came a long way so it would take most of the summer to get here. The oldest to the youngest always came along with the dogs and the family cow tied behind the wagon.

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Teepee at Pilgrimage

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Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage
1933
Alberta Beach, Alberta, Canada


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Most of our time was spent in the water. It must have been raining and storming some of these times but I don't remember any of those days! When the wind blew we would go to the end of the walking pier and let the waves smash over us. What fun until we came home soaking wet. There was a wooden slide in the water which was great fun and we would spend a lot of time playing on the wooden swings in the camp grounds.

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Main Beach - North From Pier
1954
Main Beach, Alberta Beach, Alberta, Canada
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CNoR Picnic Swings
1924-25
Alberta Beach, Alberta, Canada
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Another daily ritual was to go meet the bus. It came to the Beach everyday except Sunday at 6:00 pm. It brought the newspapers. They were then delivered around town by boys and girls on their bicycles. There was a special bus that came from Edmonton on Sundays and holidays. It came in the morning and returned to the city in the evening.