During the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, potatoes were being grown commercially on a flat bordering the Smoky River near the homestead of Ancel Maynard Bezanson and not too far from the Bezanson Townsite.
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Bezanson Community Marks Locations of Historical One-Room Schools
In 2018, a local researcher embarked upon a project to mark the historical one-room school sites in the Bezanson District. The Kleskun Hill Museum Society applied for and received a Community Initiatives Program Grant administered by Alberta Culture and Tourism to fund the project and with the assistance of the County of Grande Prairie No. 1 to install the signs, all the sites were marked by October 2019.
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Bezanson Athletes From The Past: Featuring Vivian Johnston
Vivian Johnston was born on March 17, 1926 at Burdett, Alberta. She was the 3rd youngest in a family of nine children born to Ole and Ellen Nelson. Once Vivian graduated from High School, she decided to move to Grande Prairie and stay with her sister so that she could attend St. Joe’s Business College
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Local Family Honours Their Mother In A Unique Way
In 2010, the LaValley family decided to renovate the basement of the Legion Hut – all in the name of their mother and grandmother, Emilia LaValley.
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A Q&A With Kaidak Energy!
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West Smoky Legion #244 Sponsors Swimming Lessons for 60 Years
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The Biggest Little Rodeo – Bezanson Stampede
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Moon's Mill, "A Sawmill Way of Life"
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Echo Hill Farms; Pork and Specialty Flowers
