Notice something new?

Posted on July 13, 2017July 14, 2017 by MAGRC Staff

Welcome to our new website!

We’ve completely re imagined our website to provide a greater variety of content and functionality.

On our home page in addition to 7th Town news, you’ll find interesting stories about some of our collections and activities. We’ve added more information about our collections and holdings, made the site more responsive and usable on mobile devices, and, of course, continued to feature easy access to our popular searchable databases.

In the coming months, we’ll be adding more online forms (last fall we introduced online membership applications and book ordering), updating our databases and adding some special features exclusive to members, and more. So keep visiting.

We hope you find this new site a much more enjoyable experience.

Diane Godbout, President

On the road with a tote bag

Posted on June 11, 2017July 11, 2017 by MAGRC Staff

Rob Osborne was here last August/September researching his family. Rob received a complimentary 7th Town tote bag and agreed that in return he would take a picture of himself with it in Yellowknife and send it back.

Rob did not stop there — in all, the bag travelled 25,000 km!
5,000 k m from Ameliasburgh, PEC to Yellowknife, 4,000 km round trip from Yellowknife to Fort St James/Prince George, 15,600 km round trip from Riviera Maya to Yellowknife, and 400 km round trip from Yellowknife down the ice road.

We look forward to more photos and stories from Rob!

A homesteader’s story

Posted on June 7, 2017July 11, 2017 by MAGRC Staff

Long time member, Nora Barber, reads the diaries of her father, Billy Wolfe in this 4 part video. Billy Wolfe emigrated from Ireland to Alberta in 1910 and the letters he wrote home to his mother are a remarkable testament to those who homesteaded in the early 20th century.