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Charlebois. Date July 15th.

1933 —- November 20th, death of BishOp
Ovide Charlebois. He had lived 36 years at
The Pas. Bishop Lajeunesse, O.M.l., became
Bishop of the District of Keewatin.

1939 — No. 10 Highway opened to The
Pas, coming from Winnipeg via Swan River,
Mafeking and Westray.

1948 —— June — Disastrous flood from
the Saskatchewan River. The whole territory
west of The Pas under water.

1951 — Levees are being built along the
Carrot River, then south to Westray.

1955 — Controlling Water Dam built
across The Pas River.

1954 — June —— Due to illness Bishop
Martin Lajeunesse resigns the Keewatin
Bishopric and left for Eastern Canada. His
place is taken by Bishop Dumouchell, O.M.l.

1961 — June — The last time l was in
The Pas it was in 1956. Coming in 1961 I
found many improvements; black top on the
principal streets, the beautiful provincial
building on the grounds in front of the C.N.R.
Station, the new power house, as well as
many other business places and some fine
residences.

in tabulating these datas, I want to give
credit to the many writers who wrote about
this district. Many of these informations were
taken from the book “The Hudson Bay Road"
written by my 'brother A. H. de Tremaudan,
and published in 1915. l wish also to give
credit to Mr. Sam Weller, Curator of the
Little Museum at The Pas, who so graciously
gave me a copy of his History of The Pas.
l have also copied various other writers on
the early days of the place, from newspapers,
books, and have also some knowledge of the
place since I came there in 1912.

I arrived on July 3rd, 1912. The town
was bursting at the seams, everywhere, from
morning to night. The days are long in the
north in July, daylight from 2 am. until 10.30
pm. and you can work easily outside. Real
estate was booming, lots that were bought
for $100 in January fetched a fabulous sum
in October. One corner block on Fischer Ave.
was sold for $10,000, my brother sold it and
told me. Plank sidewalks were laid in the main
streets, and by 1913 you could walk over
one mile into Pas Annex.

Editor's Note . . .
These excellent highlights in the history of The
Pas are published without revisions of any kind.
It was felt that in all instances the original
spelling should be preserved as in Mr. De Tre-
maudan’s manuscript.

 

 

 

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