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Peace River Museum, Archives & Mackenzie Centre: Located 99th Street and 103rd Avenue, the museum contains over 10,000 artifacts and contains a fur trade gallery, aboriginal artifacts and the Peace River Gallery which documents the history of settlement in Peace River. The wheelshaft from the famous steamer D.A Thomas is located on the grounds.
The Peace River region is also an important centre of oil and natural gas production. There are also pulp and paper plants along the river in Alberta and British Columbia. The Grenfell was one of the vessels that shipped cargo on the Peace River. The Peace River has two navigable sections, separated by the Vermilion Chutes, near Fort Vermilion. [7]
The Peace River Country (or Peace Country; French: Région de la Rivière-de-la-paix) is an aspen parkland region centring on the Peace River in Canada.It extends from northwestern Alberta to the Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia, where a certain portion of the region is also referred to as the Peace River Block.
Vermilion Falls (French: chutes Vermilion; Cree: nepegabeketik, lit. 'where the water falls') is a waterfall on the Peace River in Alberta, Canada.It is the second largest waterfall in Canada by average flow rate after the Niagara Falls, and the largest entirely within the country. [1]
The Peace River Regional District is a regional district in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. The regional district comprises seven municipalities and four electoral areas. The regional district comprises seven municipalities and four electoral areas.
The Peace River Wildland Provincial Park preserves the forest and grassland habitats within the Peace River valleys since these areas are important wildlife corridors for deer, elk, wolf, bears and is also home to a wide variety of birds. [1] National Historic Site, Fort Fork Site is also located in the park on the east bank of the Peace River. [2]
Pat's Creek is a tributary of the Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada whose mouth is located within the Town of Peace River.. It is named after Patrick Wesley, a Métis man who lived in a cabin adjacent to the creek on his property.
The Heart River is a major tributary to the Peace River and is a wildlife corridor. [1] The park also provides winter range for moose and mule deer. [2] The Province of Alberta is currently upgrading the Twelve Foot Davis Park, the Dr. Greene Cairn Site and the Peace River Provincial Recreation Area located within the Greene Valley Provincial Park.