900 Alaska Avenue,
Dawson Creek, B.C. V1G 4T6
Phone: (250) 782-5408

The South Peace Historical Society was formed in 1952 to collect, preserve and display information related to the history of the Peace River area of British Columbia. The Society operates a museum in the former Northern Alberta Railways station, built in Dawson Creek in 1931. The Historical Society also owns several of the buildings in the Walter Wright Pioneer Village and is a member of the South Peace Mile Zero Park Society which operates that facility. A publicly accessible archives with over 5,000 photographs and historic documents is also operated by the Society in a city-owned facility.

The South Peace Historical Society is a permanent voting member of the Dawson Creek Community Heritage Commission.

Phone: (250) 782-5408
E-mail: museum@pris.ca

This site contains information about the history of the Peace River Region of British Columbia and Alberta. Most of these articles have been selected from the Calverley Collection of local history materials created by the late Dorthea Horton Calverley of Dawson Creek, British Columbia.

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