SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Amy Smith : first school teacher in a North Peace community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1975 RECORDED: North Pine (B.C.), 1975-11-16 SUMMARY: Amy Smith describes her trip north at age 18 to become the first school teacher at North Pine, B.C. (20 miles from Fort St. John) in 1930. Room and board arrangements. Teaching eight grades in a one-room log school. Winter. Recreation and social life in the community. Bears. Raising a family of 11 children. Changes in the community.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Emmett Smith : hauling freight and furs on the Fort Nelson Trail RECORDED: North Pine (B.C.), 1975-11-16 SUMMARY: Emmett Smith describes how he arrived in the Peace River country from Saskatchewan in 1928. Work during the 1930s. The fur trade economy. Freighting up to Fort Nelson by horse sleigh on frozen rivers (in winter) or scow on river (in summer). Overnight stops and severe weather. The native people, then and now. Wild animals. Construction of the Alaska Highway. Settling down.