Wetaskiwin District Heritage Museum Centre & City of Wetaskiwin Archives
an inclusive gathering place for the local community to engage in the history, heritage and culture of Wetaskiwin City, County, and the Maskwacis Cree Four Nations
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Month: June 2022
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Exploring the Fishers Humane Poultry Killer
This week at the Heritage Museum we accessioned a Fishers Humane Poultry Killer. The tool is designed to kill chickens swiftly and humanely. It is shaped like a pair of pliers, with a blade on one arm and the other having a flat surface. The devise is used by grabbing the bird by the neck…
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Beda Ronn Hannah: A Key Figure in Wetaskiwin’s History
This week at the Heritage Museum we accessioned a variety of black and white photos. Most of the individuals in the photos we could not identify. These photos are either individual portraits or group photos. One photo is of Doris Hanna, one of five Children to Beda (Beatrice) Ronn Hannah one of our Women of…
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Donation of Historic Friendship Quilt to Heritage Museum
This week the Heritage Museum got a Donation from Carol Beswick, she wrote us a card about the history of the quilt: In January of this year, I contacted your museum to see if you would be interested in a textile know commonly as a “Friendship Quilt” made by ladies from Rosyth, Hardisty, Hughenden, Amisk…