Activities during Estuary School reunion and cairn dedication.

Close-up view of a plaque commemorating the establishment of the Alan George Wildlife Management and Recreation Area in the Wapella district in memory of Flying Officer Alan B. George, R.C.A.F. who was killed while serving in the Second World War. Also commemorated on the plaque is the naming of George Peninsula in Nistowiak Lake in memory of George. The plaque was commissioned by the Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources.

Text of speeches given by Allan R. Turner between 1960 and 1963. Includes text of speech for the unveiling of a memorial cairn at Fairlight, Saskatchewan on June 5, 1960, and a speech entitled, Pioneer Experiences in Saskatchewan, given to the Public Health Association on April 17, 1963.

An Indian man and woman at the cairn on the site of Fort Ellice.

Images taken at the Back to the Old Crossing event presented by the Regina and District Old Timers' Association, Inc. The event was part of the City of Regina's 100th anniversary celebrations. Images include unidentified man unveiling the cairn re-dedicated to the early settlers who arrived in the Wascana district on May 24, 1882; the old timers' picnic; the dance at the Red Barn at Sherwood Forest; the Wascana Church and cemetery plaque erected in 1967; and old headstones in Wascana Cemetery.

Publication produced for the Centennial Celebration at Fort St. James on September 17, 1928 and for the unveiling of a tablet at Simpson Pass on the High Road from Banff to Windermere, B.C. on September 20, 1928. Both events were in honour of Sir George Simpson.

Scrapbook of newspaper articles in the series "Crossing the Prairies Eighty Years Ago", which describe a trip from Fort Garry to Edmonton made by Sir George Simpson, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. Source and date unknown.

Article from the Manitoba Free Press, Winnipeg, September 1, 1928 entitled "How Sir Geo. Simpson Crossed Rockies and Won Memorial Tablet".

Letter from D.H. McDonald of Regina, Saskatchewan to the Legislative Librarian dated March 15, 1924 concerning an engraving of a painting of Sir George Simpson.

Article published in the March 1960 issue of Country Guide regarding a cairn erected by the Thompson family in memory of Louisa and Thomas Thompson, pioneers of the Fairlight, Saskatchewan district.

Article by Harold Longman entitled Stone cairn is tribute to southeast pioneers. Published in The Leader-Post, Regina, July 4, 1960.

Item is an image showing the historical marker at the Blackfoot Crossing cairn - erected 1927 after it was designated a historical site in 1925 in honour of the signing of Treaty 7 between the Dominion of Canada government and First Nations such as the Tsuut’ina, Blood (Kaina/Kainah)

A young boy, David Zerr, gazes at a cairn situated in Regina's Victoria Park that commemorates Regina's early pioneer settlers. See also 61-715-01 for similar image.