The Story
Along the northwest shore of Pigeon Lake is a trail that was travelled by aboriginal people for centuries. An artesian well along the trail offered fresh drinking water for both man and beast. It was this site that the Rev. Robert Rundle chose in 1847 as the location for a mission.
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For almost 50 years, missionaries and the Nakoda and Cree people met at this place for worship and in council. They lived through a period of great upheaval and change. After the land was sold and homesteaded in 1906, the mission and its people were largely forgotten, until interest revived in the 1950s. Today Rundle's Mission is recognized as a provincial historic site and a National Historic Monument. Story panels along a self-guiding interpretive trail tell of the people who lived and worked in the area, and the place is once again a meeting place for all.
Some of its features are described on this web-site.
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Simon and Sophia Fraser are buried in two graves by themselves. Simon Fraser was the son of Collin Fraser, piper of the Hudson Bay Company at Fort Edmonton |
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The Robert Rundle Journals: Click here to view journals of Robert Rundle (written from 1840 to 1848) on a site called "Our Roots - Canada's Local Histories Online".
Company Fool or God's Tool: Robert Terrill Rundle, the Hudson's Bay Company, and the Plains Indians. By Daniel Johns. Source: Alberta History. Publication Date: 22-MAR-07.
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The Rev. Robert Rundle - Memorial Lodge - National Monument
Provincial Historic Site - Fisherton Cemetery - Telfordville Church
