From WIKIPEDIA: “Entwistle was founded by James Entwistle, an employee of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Entwistle knew that construction of the railway would be halted on the east banks of the Pembina River for a few years as a bridge was built over the river. A boomtown would most certainly spring up. Seizing the opportunity, Entwistle staked a claim on a section of land very close to the Pembina River and the surveyed line for the GTPR in 1907. In 1908, as the railway construction camps drew closer to the Pembina River, Entwistle built a general store on his land, and left it in the care of his wife and children. The railway soon arrived, construction on the railway bridge started, and the boomtown formed around Entwistle’s store.”
Now, here’s Clem’s entry for January 29, 1913, one hundred years ago today!
Today we all were to go to Gainsford east of Entwistle but it snow to [sic] hard in the morning so we let it go till this afternoon but the snow did not let up, on that account we did not go out at tall [sic]
Entwistle, AB, the Diamond Capital of Canada
(For the record, Gainsford is about 14 km or 8.6 miles from Entwistle. Notice that Entwistle was a GTPR employee!)
