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The Trail Blazers and the Cavalcades: Proving the Need for the David Thompson Highway
Images: Transport

 
The Trail Blazers ready to leave Rocky Mountain House in 1941
1 of 88 		E.S. Brett, W. Ellenburgh, C. Bruce, W. Schierholtz, S. Hooker, W. Fisher, Mr. Shaw, Ernie Ross.
2 of 88 		Preparing to head out
3 of 88 		The North Saskatchewan River and train trestle with ferry cable support tower
4 of 88 		The Trail Blazers crossing the North Saskatchewan River on the ferry. Bill Fisher sitting in truck.
5 of 88 		The ferry at Rocky Mountain House
6 of 88
Ernie Ross
7 of 88 		Road work underway near Horburg in 1939
8 of 88 		Trail Blazers on the road to Nordegg
9 of 88 		An unimproved road near Rocky Mountain House
10 of 88 		The Trail Blazers reach the Reed's Highway Service Garage at Nordegg, Alberta
11 of 88 		Steep track down the hillside
12 of 88
Ernie Ross' Model A Ford, with a coil of rope hanging off the front
13 of 88 		Not quite ready to go
14 of 88 		The way is clear and someone's going back to drive the other car
15 of 88 		Another day, another hill to climb
16 of 88 		Two of the Trail Blazers clearing windfall (trees brought down by wind) from a slope
17 of 88 		Time to stretch your legs
18 of 88

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