All of this goes to show that energetic people have and are con-
tinuing to get in a position where their declining years will present
no difficult problems to them.

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.—In the matter of providing educa-
tion facilities, the Peace River district has kept well to the fore. In
the North Peace River district there are at present sixty-four rural
school districts, and three town and village districts, the latter includ-
ing McLennan, with three rooms; Berwyn, with two rooms, and
Peace River town schools, including five public school rooms and
high school. Fifteen rural districts have combined their work in the
form of four consolidated schools, centrally located at High Prairie,
Donnelly, Falher and Kinuso. Thus the settler is assured of educa-
tional facilities for his children in almost any part of the district,
there being schools within reasonable distance of any land that is apt
to be settled upon for farming purposes.

Church activities throughout the district are such that practically
every denomination is well represented, and religious services are
regularly held even in the smaller communities where no church
building exists. The Roman Catholic church has very fine edifices
at Falher, Peace River, Berwyn and Friedenstal, and near the town
of Peace River they maintain a mission school, church and farm,
devoted largely to the care of native and orphan children, while a
similar mission is maintained by them at Fort Vermilion.

Anglican, Baptist and United churches are to be found through-
out the district, and the Seventh Day Adventists have regular ser-
vices in the Whitelaw district.

THE PEACE RIVER HIGHWAY —This highway, already re-
ferred to in this booklet, is now nearing completion, and will give
direct access to the Peace River country for those who prefer to drive
their own cars. Work was started four years ago on several sections
of the road, which extends from the capital city of Edmonton, via
Athabasca, Smith, along the southern shore of Lesser Slave lake
for a distance of ninety miles, to Enilda, High Prairie, McLennan,
Donnelly, Peace River, Berwyn, Waterhole, Spirit River, Grande
Prairie and thence westerly to Wembley and on to the western bound-
ary of the province, where it connects with the splendid road system
established by the British Columbia government through the Pouce
Coupe and St. John portions of the western Peace River country.

The entire northern portion of this highway is now practically
completed, giving an excellent motor route through the district.
While several cars have made the trip through from the completed
part of this road to Edmonton within the past few months, it will
not be in shape for traffic until about August, at which time the
government hopes to have a highway ready for general traffic.
Engineers and road builders have been on the work through the latter
part of the winter, and there is every reason to believe that the small
portions that remain to be completed will be finished well before the
time limit suggested by the government authorities. Those who
wish to make the drive this summer are advised to communicate with
R. A. Macleod, secretary of the Peace River Highway Association,

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