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Pacific great Eastern Engine with Workers (5975.239.1)1921
Lone Butte; British Columbia, Canada
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Quesnel Creamery (1996.32.3)1925
Quesnel; British Columbia, Canada
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West of the Railway Station is the original Quesnel Creamery building of 1921. This creamery, which in 1925 was shipping 46,000 lbs. of butter by rail, provided the small farmer with ready cash, and made Quesnel famous as a butter-producing centre along the railway line.17
Carson Family (5975.349.1)July, 1899
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The tour continues by following a sidewalk to the right, past the Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail information board and onto Carson Avenue. Carson Avenue was named for Alfred Carson, a pioneer blacksmith, and farmer who arrived here in 1872. At the top of the slight incline, you reach the Pioneer Cemetery where many of Quesnel's first settlers are buried. The earliest grave belongs to Thomas Brown who died May 10, 1878.19
Louis LeBourdais (1992.62.1)1928
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When Louis LeBourdais passed away in 1947, he was buried outside the boundaries of the cemetery, respecting his request that he not be "fenced in". Please feel free to browse through the cemetery, and to contact the Quesnel Museum for further detailed information.21
Presbyterian Church 1911 (5975.359.1)1911
Carson Avenue, Quesnel; British Columbia, Canada
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Proceeding along Carson Ave past the Senior Centre to the corner of Kinchant Street, you will see St Andrew's United Church. It is Quesnel's oldest church, built in 1911, as the Presbyterian Church. Up on the roof is the bell tower, which houses the 600-lb. bell that continues to ring each Sunday morning, calling the people to service.23
Looking Down Carson Avenue (1994.17.111)1930
Carson Avenue, Quesnel; British Columbia, Canada
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Crossing Kinchant Street, which was named for Major J. G. Kinchant, a Barkerville sheriff, and MLA for Cariboo in the 1898 era, we arrive at the present day Quesnel Cenotaph, built to commemorate those who served and were killed in WWI, WWII, and the Korean War.25
Union Church 1895 to 1911 (200.23.2)1900
Carson Avenue, Quesnel; British Columbia, Canada
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Originally, this corner site held the Union Church (pictured above). It was a small building, but served the entire Protestant community from 1898 until 1911, when it was sold to the Anglican congregation for $500.00 and moved to the triangular-shaped land formed by Kinchant Street, Davie Street, and the present day Moffat Bridge Approach (please refer to map). There, the Anglican community, in 1913, built a new, large and beautiful church and clergy residence. A fire consumed both in 1923. A new church, St. John the Divine, was built two years later, in its present location, at the north end of Kinchant St.27
Quesnel High and Elementary Schools June 1947 (2000.8.1)June, 1947
Carson Avenue, Quesnel; British Columbia, Canada
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