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The Edison Methodist Church being moved to Westlock
1914
Near Edison settlement, Alberta, Canada
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Edison Declines
A nearby school district was organized. The Clover Valley School district was organized nearby, and this did not detract from the vigor of the Edison School. Rather, it pointed to the establishment of many families in the surrounding region; so many that the school in Edison was unable to serve all the students.
Then in 1913, the new hamlet of Westlock was established on the newly laid Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia rail line to the east of Edison. The EDBC railway was the new best route to the Peace Country and to all the places through which it passed.
The next year, the Edison Methodist church was moved to Westlock. A mission church, it became the property of the Methodists on agreements between the Methodist and Presbyterian mission boards. Surprisingly enough, the settlers had no say in its moving.

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Alex Marshall with mules in front of A. Montpelier's shop
1910
Westlock, Alberta, Canada

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The Marshall store
1911
Westlock, Alberta, Canada

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The Zaczkowski home
1910
Edison, Westlock, Alberta, Canada
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Fine homes in the country were built through the years the community centre ebbed. But ­ people were looking for their supplies from the western community, including the people with original connections to the Edison community.
But the community centre was gone.

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The Zaczkowski barn with some of their horses
1910
Edison, Westlock, Alberta, Canada

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Farmland on the site of the old Zaczkowski homestead
August, 2004
Edison, Westlock, Alberta, Canada

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Edison Settlement's main street today
August, 2004
Edison, Westlock, Alberta, Canada
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Many descendants of original families still reside in the Edison area ­ Many whose family name has disappeared from the local community membership are recorded in the stories of Edison and memorialized by the grave markers in Dungannon cemetery.

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Looking west from the former main street of Edison settlement.
August, 2004
Edison, Westlock, Alberta, Canada

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The grave marker for Charles and Fanny Edgson in the Dungannon cemetery
November, 2004
Near Clyde, Alberta, Canada
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Edison had had its day. Chance had located it and named it. Chance had assembled its population, citizens (or potential ones) of an untamed wilderness.