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Olivier Bellerose was born in Trois Rivières, Québec and came west to the St. Albert area in about 1830 as a fur trader (about 18 years of age). He married Mary Savard.

Path in the woods at St. Albert.

Image depicts Edna Arnaud seated in the woods near Cooking Lake.

Image depicts debris collected on a bridge during the Edmonton flood of 1915.

Image shows the flooded Fraser Flats where Fraser's Mill was situated before it was washed away by the Edmonton flood of 1915.

Image shows flooded streets during the Edmonton flood of 1915.

Image shows ballast trains holding down the Low Level bridge during the Edmonton flood of 1915. The Grand Trunk Pacific Hotel and Hotel Macdonald can are in the background.

Image shows the second bridge over the Sturgeon River, built in 1876 to replace the first bridge built by Albert Lacombe, OMI in 1862. The reconstruction cost $700.00 and was done by M. Majeau and Harnois. A toll was charged for horses and vehicles. The bridge was purchased by the government for $300.00 in 1886 and replaced by the steel bridge in 1913. Pelletier's house and workshops can be seen in the background, far left. Image used in The Black Robe's Vision page 139.

Image shows the steam engined tractor used in the threshing of crops. Man identified as Angus Kennedy is filling the radiator with water.