Grande Prairie, Alberta

Our Genealogy Helper for Grande Prairie ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

• That it be a tool that can help us with planning our trips.
• That it also helps us to understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.

By learning about Grande Prairie (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this, our Genealogical Helper for Grande Prairie. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Grande Prairie ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Grande Prairie: Grande Pr.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

A Few Details for Grande Prairie ...

While it's still very early in our research, we have found that:

• The community of Grande Prairie was settled in 1910.
• It was incorporated as a city on January 1, 1958.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Grande Prairie:

• Websites specific to Alberta
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Alberta
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Alberta
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Alberta
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Alberta
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Alberta

• Of Special Interest ...
  • The GenDisasters website specializes in newspaper articles about tragedies and disasters. While it makes interesting reading all by itself, it should be of special interest to genealogists and family historians looking for people who were either affected by or directly involved in such tragedies.
  • Stories from Alberta

Cemeteries Near Grande Prairie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grande Prairie.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grande Prairie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

• City of Grande Prairie Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City of Grande Prairie Cemetery
  • The City of Grande Prairie Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Grande Prairie.
  • City of Grande Prairie Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Flying Shot Lake Cemetery
  • Grand Prairie Municipal Cemetery
  • Grande Prairie Cemetery
  • Grande Prairie Municipal Cemetery
  • Jump to Google Maps centered on City of Grande Prairie Cemetery
  • Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2146987<1>
• Emerson Trail Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emerson Trail Cemetery
  • Emerson Trail Cemetery lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north of Grande Prairie.
  • Jump to Google Maps centered on Emerson Trail Cemetery
• Scenic Heights Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scenic Heights Cemetery
  • Scenic Heights Cemetery lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Grande Prairie.
  • Jump to Google Maps centered on Scenic Heights Cemetery
  • Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2410583<1>
• Teepee Creek Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Teepee Creek Cemetery
  • Teepee Creek Cemetery lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Grande Prairie.
  • Jump to Google Maps centered on Teepee Creek Cemetery
  • Find-A-Grave: FAG ID #2385473<1>
• Beaverlodge Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaverlodge Cemetery
  • Beaverlodge Cemetery lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the west of Grande Prairie.
  • Jump to Google Maps centered on Beaverlodge Cemetery

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grande Prairie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grande Prairie.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Grande Prairie ...

While our initial data about Grande Prairie came from various goverment sources, we have found mention of Grande Prairie in old books and maps. When we do, we'll find a fact here or a snippet there. We've created the following list to keep track of the documents we found useful in adding to our knowledge about Grande Prairie.

We hope that the following list of documents will be of interest to you.

Shell Oil Road Map for Southern Alberta (1951)

Published by Shell Oil Company

for Grande Prairie. See our Misc Page for Grande Prairie for more information.

Railroad Mentions for Grande Prairie:

Our notes show that we found a railroad map (origin and date unknown) that showed the location of Grande Prairie. We'll be adding more detail later.

Other Roadside Stops ...

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Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Grande Prairie: www.cityofgp.com/

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/