Activities of the Burnt Lake District Year by Year, 1955
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- Fonds / Collection
- Burdick
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Date
- 1924 - 2000
- Accession Number
- 2004.2
- Scope and Content
- the story of the Burnt Lake community from the arduous early days before 1900 to the thriving, advanced community it is today, stands as a testimonial to the foresight and industry of the first families. Following is the account, year by year, of the district's activities.
- Fonds / Collection
- Burdick
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Fonds Number
- 136-03
- Item Number
- 123
- Accession Number
- 2004.2
- Date
- 1924 - 2000
- Physical Description
- Original newspaper clippings
- Physical Condition
- Good
- History / Biographical
- Collected and catalogued by Inez Gathercole
- Name Access
- Lloyd Burdick
- Bessie Burdick
- George Fitch
- Subject Access
- Burnt Lake
- Scope and Content
- the story of the Burnt Lake community from the arduous early days before 1900 to the thriving, advanced community it is today, stands as a testimonial to the foresight and industry of the first families. Following is the account, year by year, of the district's activities.
- The Burnt Lake district is a rural community of approximately twenty square miles. The fifth meridian forms its eastern boundary, and the main road running south from Sylvan Lake the western. To the south the boundary varies from one to two miles south of the thirty-eighth township line. The north easterly boundary is not so regular and takes in the main part of the lake. The rest of the lake extends into the bordering districts of Sylvan Lake, Norma, Poplar Ridge and Shady Nook.
- In size, the lake itself is about five miles long and two miles wide. It is the natural drainage from Sylvan Lake to the Burnt Lake Creek which in turn empties into the Red Deer river through the Shady Nook district.
- Photo is the Burnt Lake Store, 1910
- Notes
- Red Deer Advocate, August 3, 1955
- by Mrs. F.T. Dallaire