Hello Listers: I am new to the Alberta list and have a couple of questions: First, by way of explanation: I am working on a branch of a family tree, as follows: WAITE., Albert and Elizabeth. Moved to Alberta in 1913 and at the time of their daughter's birth in 1916 they lived at Shining Bank. I understand that this is near Edson but cannot find it on any map. I cannot find it by Googling either. Has the town been abandoned; has it been merged into a larger city; has the name been changed? I would like to place the location of the family farm, but only have a legal description. Can anyone help out? June
Hello June: Sorry, I can give you no information of the Waite family, as they were gone by the time I reached Shining Bank at the age of 6 in 1942. Shining Bank was never a town, or even a village. There was no store and when I lived there the mail was brought in from Peers once a week. There was a school and my mother was the teacher there until it was consolidated at Fulham, which you also will find on no map. Shining Bank is scenic, in the foothills. The shining bank is a sandstone slide several miles from the old school and Shining Bank Lake, which for some reason is often written as Shiningbank Lake. If you look at the Yellowhead county website, I think you will find a picture of the campground on the south side of the lake. Shining Bank was on the north side. ----- Original Message ----- From: "June Harvey" <june.harvey@gmail.com> To: <ALBERTA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 7:50 PM Subject: [ALBERTA] Shining Bank > Hello Listers: > > I am new to the Alberta list and have a couple of questions: > > First, by way of explanation: I am working on a branch of a family > tree, as follows: WAITE., Albert and Elizabeth. Moved to Alberta in > 1913 and at the time of their daughter's birth in 1916 they lived at > Shining Bank. I understand that this is near Edson but cannot find it > on any map. I cannot find it by Googling either. > > Has the town been abandoned; has it been merged into a larger city; > has the name been changed? > > I would like to place the location of the family farm, but only have a > legal description. Can anyone help out? > > June > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALBERTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >