Innisfail Historical Village

Alberta 2013 Flood Dickson Dam

We where headed home from our summer trip to crows nest pass . thought we would take a video to show how full the park down below was flooded . This dam is located about 20 mins west of Innisfail

MMT JERSEY PRESENTATION 5th MAY 2017

Angina Lapa: It was great to see the support and encouragement from our Tonga Community, former and current rugby players of Tongan Heritage get behind the MMT Boys on their Jersey presentation night before the big game against Fiji Bati.
Special word of thanks to Rev Dr Siotame Havea, Tonga High Commision Representative Leonaitasi Kuluni for gracing us with your presence and supporting the team.

Spanish Eyes - Susanna Heystek playing at Canada Day celebrations

Susanna Heystek is playing Spanish Eyes at the Innisfail (Alberta) Canada Day celebrations, July 1, 2010. I made a recording of the music part during the practice before the actual events started, since my equipment failed in the breeze that was blowing during the open air event. It was a privilege to participate in the event at the well managed Historic Village.

Stephansson House | Alberta Historical Site | Markerville | Canada

An historical Alberta landmark set a fall-coloured prairie landscape.

Stephan G. Stephansson – Poet of the Rocky Mountains – was born in Iceland in 1853. In 1889, he brought his family to Alberta near what is now the Markerville area. Within the view of the Rockies, he homesteaded with his family, farming by day and writing by night. Stephansson’s prolific literary output has helped make him one of the greatest poets in the western world.

Stephansson’s home is a snapshot in time: 1927 to be precise. With costumed interpreters helping bring this story to life, you’ll find beautiful original furnishings, wood burning stove, newspaper wallpaper, serene landscape, the smell of baking, and of course, the poetry of Stephansson himself.

About 7 km south, you can stop for ice cream at Historic Markerville Creamery Museum, and learn more about the Icelandic pioneer settlement experience. A few more minutes southwest, near Spruceview, you can enjoy the Dickson Store museum and the Danish Canadian National Museum, in the heart of the Danish immigrant settlement of the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Bigfoot fire

This is the good old bigfoot fire that happened in Innisfail. We lost our historical town clock and it was a huge loss to the fire department. But man, it was one hell of a fight. Bryan, Thomas and I were there for a good 4/5 hours before we had to turn in and it was still raging on. Power lines froze, firemens butts froze to the ground, the inability to go inside of the building and the oh so sweet tools that they used. It burned straight through the night and they had to knock it down to get the fire out. I plan on going down one day and reveal what remains, an empty lot with a little less of Innisfail on mainstreet.

Canadian Museum of Rail Travel at Cranbrook

Quick views of a parlour car on the Trans Canada Limited set, and of a buffet car in the Soo-Spokane Deluxe train set.
- September 16, 2014

CP 7020 part 1

A six second clip of the Toronto Railway Historical Association's former CP switcher #7020 running and smoking it up like a true Alco. Before the unit could move under its own power, the TRHA was made to shut it down due to the smoke being blown towards the Metro Toronto Convention Center.

The Local Boys - Small Town Saturday Night(CanadaDay)

Small Town Saturday Night live on Canada Day at The Brideges Golf Course in Claresholm,AB.

Robert Etbauer - 2012 ProRodeo Hall of Fame Inductee

Stettler 1/8 mile finals 2012

Exploring Ghost Towns

Exploring spooky ghost towns east of Red Deer, Alberta.

Olds Alberta - OSSP Community Engagement Cafe - May 14 2011

Citizens from the Town of Olds Alberta gathered on May 14, 2011 to discuss and share ideas for a sustainable community at the OSSP Renewal Community Engagement Cafe. The Olds Strategic Sustainably Plan was up for renewal and a new approach, the cafe discussion setting, was used to gather input from the community. To view all four parts of the event visit centralalbertatv.net and click on Video on Demand.

Big Valley Jamboree Small Town Saturday Night- STETTLER

Vote for STETTLER for Big Valley Jamboree Small Town Saturday Night!

Dr Ilma Martinuzzi O'Brien -- The Internment of Italians in Loveday Part 1

Dr Ilma Martinuzzi O'Brien is an Honorary Research Associate in the School of Historical and European Studies .......at La Trobe University (Melbourne).

She was Director the Co.As.It. Italian Historical Society 1987 -- 1993, where she curated the national Bicentennial exhibition Australia's Italians 1799-1988 and also curated Bridging Two Worlds: Jews and, Italians for the Museum of Victoria.

She has been published widely on internments in Australia during WWII, including a chapter in The Great Mistakes of Australian History published by University of New South Wales Press, ......and a chapter on internments from Innisfail, in a volume published by the National Museum of Australia. She co-edited Italian Pioneers in the Innisail District (2003) and Under Suspicion: Citizenship and Internment in Australia during WWII (2009).

Her most recent publication The Internment Diaries of Mario Sardi About The Internment of Italians in Loveday, South Australia during World War II: daily life and activities.

Dr Ilma Martinuzzi O'Brien -- The Internment of Italians in Loveday,South Australia during World War II:daily life and activities.

829 Italian men and 2 women from NSW were interned during World War II, many of the men in Loveday Internment Camp.Mario Sardi's Internment diaries record what it was like for civilians to be placed in detention without trial for months and years. In this talk Dr Ilma Martinuzzi O'Brien will discuss who was interned and why, and based on the diary, will give glimpses of their experiences in Loveday. Dr O'Brien has written extensively on the internments of World War II, and has recently published The Inernment Diaies of Mario Sardi

Stettler drags 2013

Beyond the Headlines: Learning from the Historic Alberta Election

Panel Discussion
June 1, 2015

Panelists:

Mike McDonald, Principal, Rosedeer Strategies, and Campaign Director for BC Liberal 2013 election
Anne McGrath, 2015 National Campaign Director, New Democratic Party of Canada
Gerry Scott, Alberta NDP Campaign Director
Kerry Towle, former Wildrose and PC MLA, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake

Hmong Australian new year 2017

Rocky to Crimson Lake - Timelapse

Driving to Crimson Lake from Rocky Mountain House, a drive through of Crimson campground as well up to the dock. 2016

Rocky Mountain House is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada located approximately 77 km (48 mi) west of the City of Red Deer at the confluence of the Clearwater and North Saskatchewan Rivers, and at the crossroads of Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail) and Highway 11 (David Thompson Highway). The surrounding Clearwater County's administration office is located in Rocky Mountain House.