George Ernest Todd, Metis, GG Grandson of Dr. William Todd was born March 16, 1912, St. Paul, Alberta.
WORK HISTORY:
BRAZEAU DAM POWER PLANT
Brazeau Reservoir is a large man made reservoir in Alberta. It is located in Brazeau County of central Alberta, 55 kilometres (34 mi) south-west of Drayton Valley. It was developed along the Brazeau River, at the confluence with Elk River, in the hydrographic basin of the North Saskatchewan River.
1961 Calgary Power reached an agreement with the Alberta government to jointly construct a multi-use dam on the Brazeau River, including a storage dam that was constructed on the North Saskatchewan River. The first turbine was commissioned in 1965.
RABBIT HILL SNOW RESORT
Rabbit Hill is a ski resort located on the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River, near Edmonton, Alberta. Rabbit Hill Snow Resort is one of the largest ski and snowboard facility in the Edmonton Area covering over 40 acres.
ALASKA HIGHWAY - U.S. GOVERNMENT
George worked on the building of this American project during the Second World War. The Alaska Highway starts in Dawson Creek, British Columbia and ends Delta Junction, Alaska. From Dawson Creek, the Alaska Highway runs 970 km/595 miles to Lower Post where it enters the Yukon.
THE DEW LINE
The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. It was set up to detect incoming Soviet bombers during the Cold War, and provide early warning for a land based invasion.
HIGHWAY 40 TO GRAND PRAIRIE
While travelling Hwy 40 to Grand Prairie to attend my brother's wedding my Mom casually mentioned that my father had worked on the crew that the building of this road.
MANNIX CONSTRUCTION
George worked for Mannix Construction on pipeline, dams and land clearing projects on heavy machinery. Frederick Charles Mannix was born on October 21, 1913 in Edmonton, Alberta. His father was a construction pioneer from Manitoba who moved his contracting business to Edmonton in 1905 to work on the railway grade for the Great Northern Railway. During the remainder of the 1940’s, he participated in the building of many of Canada’s major infrastructure projects including highways, pipelines, mines, dams, railways and airports. In 1951, Fred C. was able to bring full ownership of the outfit home to Alberta, under the Mannix Construction banner.
Many of the locations he worked were only accessible by plane into the NWT.
Todds 1941 - 1972 in Henderson Directory:
June 1906 Alberta Census
| Section | Township | Range | Meridian | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (south of Watt Lake near Two Hills, AB) |
Todd, James, Male, Married, 25, born Saskatchewan PO
Address: Warwick Alberta
Wife: Todd, Caroline, Female, Married, 19, born Alberta
Child: Todd, Louis, Male, Single, 2, born Alberta
Child: Todd, Alice, Female, Single, 3 months, born
Alberta
| Section | Township | Range | Meridian | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lat. 53.9653 X Long.111.3641 |
The next move was to farm near Watt Lake, near Two Hills, Alberta and lastly to a farm on Hastings Lake, Tofield, Alberta. He had 12 brothers and sisters and his parents were James Robert TODD and Caroline LAFRAMBOISE.
Site of the remains of the village of Deville Alberta
The hamlet of Hastings Lake is located approximately 40 kilometers east of Sherwood Park and can be reached either by taking Highway 14 or Wye Road. The lake was renamed in 1884 for Tom Hastings, a member of Tyrell's geological survey party. The original name was Kawtikh, which in the Cree language means "the lake that does not freeze".
The large forested area in the Hastings Lake Watershed is a key area for moose and white-tailed deer. With close proximity to the Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Wildlife, Grazing and Provincial Recreation Area and the Waskahegan Staging Area, many hiking and cross-country skiing possibilities exist. Just four km south of the lake on Range Road 204 is the Hastings Lake Hall, which, since the 1940s and with the help of its dedicated volunteers, has offered a centre for local gatherings such as the popular annual Turkey Supper and Spring Horse Show.
1916 Census of Canada
1921 Census of Canada
