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46-516: The event was inaugurated on the 10 June 1952 as the Lakes And Flowers Handicap and was won by Intent defeating Admiral Drake with Last Round finishing in third before a crowd of 42,004. In 1956 the event was shortened to 6 furlongs. The event was increased back to its original distance of 7 furlongs in 1973. In 1979 the name was changed to Triple Bend Handicap honoring Frank McMahon's colt Triple Bend whose wins included

92-520: A founding member of the Jockey Club of Canada , raced thoroughbreds on his own as well as in partnership with others. His Frank McMahon Stable Inc. won numerous races at racetracks across Canada including the 1966 British Columbia Derby at Exhibition Park Racetrack in Vancouver and the 1970 Canadian Derby at Edmonton's Northlands Park . His most famous horse was Majestic Prince. McMahon

138-655: A sibling of Majestic Prince, who in 1970 became the first yearling to be sold at auction for half a million dollars. McMahon won the bidding for Crowned Prince and sent him to race in England where he won the Dewhurst and Champagne Stakes and was the 1971 champion two-year-old colt in England. Leslie Combs also bred McMahon's Triple Bend , a colt who set a world record time in winning the 1972 Los Angeles Handicap . In 1960 Frank and brother George McMahon donated $ 300,000 to

184-492: A year later the Alaska Highway was constructed by 10,000 US Army servicemen connecting Dawson Creek to Alaska via Fort Nelson. After the war and turning the highway over the province, the highway made it much easier to transport resources and agricultural products to rail lines and left Dawson Creek with 14-fold increase, and northeastern BC with a 2.5-fold increase, in population by 1956. Industrial development began with

230-644: Is divided into four ecosections : the rolling uplands with few ridges and wide valleys of the Clear Hills and Halfway Plateau ecosections, the wide plains with deeply incised rivers of the Peace Lowland ecosection, and the rolling uplands and Rocky Mountain foothills of the Kiskatinaw Plateau ecosection. These ecosections have many wetlands, ponds, and slow-moving streams the area is a major migratory corridor for water- and shorebirds. Moose are

276-421: Is governed by a board of 11 directors. The Board consists of one representative from each municipality, usually the mayors, and one director from each electoral area. The municipal representatives, and their alternates, are elected by the municipal councils and the electoral area directors are elected for 3 year terms by their constituents during province-wide local elections . Due to its population size relative to

322-606: Is represented by Mike Bernier in the Legislative Assembly . Peace River North, represented by Pat Pimm, includes the northern half of the Regional District as well as the entire Northern Rockies Regional District. The Peace River Regional District is entirely with the federal riding of Prince George—Peace River and is represented in the House of Commons of Canada by Bob Zimmer . As a census division in

368-775: Is the largest in the province, comprising 13% of its area. At 119,200 km (46,023 mi ) it is similar in area to the American state of Pennsylvania or New Zealand's North Island . The northern border along the 58th parallel north was created when the PRLRD split to create the PRRD and the NRRD. The Regional District borders with six municipal districts in Alberta to the east – the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 ,

414-596: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the Peace River Regional District had a population of 61,532 living in 24,902 of its 28,683 total private dwellings, a change of -2.2% from its 2016 population of 62,942 . With a land area of 117,216.74 km (45,257.64 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.5/km (1.4/sq mi) in 2021. The Peace River Regional District administers five regional parks: In cooperation with member municipalities and communities,

460-702: The County of Grande Prairie No. 1 , Saddle Hills County , Clear Hills County and the County of Northern Lights . The southwestern border runs along the Rocky Mountains, beginning at Intersection Mountain then northwesterly along the summit of the Hart Ranges to Williston Lake and then northwesterly along the watersheds of the Manson , Omineca , Mesilinka , Finlay , and Kechika rivers. Despite this large area, only about 64,272 people live there, giving

506-621: The East Moberly Reserve , West Moberly Reserve , Halfway River Reserve , and the St. John Reserve , the government surveyed out its land as the Peace River Block in 1907 and opened it to homesteading in 1912. Pioneer Hector Tremblay, and a few others, helped cut trails and opened stores and lodges to help incoming settlers. The first community of these settlers was established at Pouce Coupe, around Tremblay's cabin. The land

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552-680: The Golden West Farms thoroughbred breeding operation at Okotoks , Alberta . Among its notable wins, Golden West Farms' racing stable won the 1968 Queen's Plate with Merger . In partnership with American singer, Bing Crosby , McMahon and Bell owned Meadow Court who raced in Europe where he won the 1965 Irish Derby and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes . McMahon also teamed up with Kentucky horseman Leslie Combs II of Spendthrift Farm to breed Crowned Prince ,

598-789: The Peace River-Liard Regional District was divided in two. The separated northern territories became the Fort Nelson-Liard Regional District , now the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality . Located east of the Rockies, the regional district is characterized by rolling hills with grain and cattle farms. About 40% of the province's Agricultural Land Reserve is situated within the regional district. The Peace River flows west-to-east through

644-545: The Santa Anita Handicap and who set a world record time of 1:19.80 for seven furlongs on dirt in winning the 1972 Los Angeles Handicap at Hollywood Park Racetrack. In 1980, Rich Cream broke that mark with another world record time for seven furlongs on dirt in winning the Triple Bend Handicap. In 1988 the event was upgraded to a Grade III and ten years later to GII. For a period of 16 years

690-628: The Turner Valley Oilfields in Alberta . Their major find generated sufficient revenues and income to allow for expansion through acquisitions and exploration. He later merged two smaller companies with West Turner and formed a holding company, Pacific Petroleums Ltd. In 1945 McMahon founded Atlantic Oil Company and acquired rights to a part of the Leduc field, near Leduc, Alberta . After Imperial Oil's discovery of oil at Leduc in 1947,

736-735: The U.S. Racing Hall of Fame colt, Majestic Prince . Frank McMahon was born in the village of Moyie in the East Kootenays of British Columbia , Canada, the son of a hard-rock miner. He attended Gonzaga University in Spokane , Washington , where he was a campus mate of Bing Crosby . As a young man, he worked as a driller for British Columbia mining companies until 1927 when he founded his own diamond-drilling contracting business which he expanded into drilling for oil and natural gas . Frank McMahon and two brothers established West Turner Petroleums to explore and develop oil deposits in

782-468: The village of Pouce Coupe . The district's administrative offices are in Dawson Creek. The regional district also has four regional district electoral areas : B , C , D and E . Six Indian reserves and one Indian settlement are located within the regional district's boundaries, but are not governed by the regional district. Its modern boundaries were established on October 31, 1987, when

828-592: The Atlantic No. 3 well discovered oil on March 8, 1948. It was well-publicized due to the oil blowout that took six months to contain and a well fire that started in the week prior to the well being contained. The well propelled McMahon's wealth. Pacific's headquarters were set up in Calgary , Alberta. In December 1947, McMahon's operations began oil and gas exploration in the Peace River Region after

874-520: The B.C. government opened the area to exploration. In November 1951, Pacific's Fort St. John No. 1 well found significant quantities of good quality oil, British Columbia's first oil discovery. In 1952 the company drilled the first of many high-producing gas wells at Fort St. John . In about 1961 McMahon and his brother George sold their controlling interest in Pacific Petroleums to Phillips Petroleum Company . In 1977 Pacific Petroleums

920-487: The PRRD supports and/or finances recreation facilities in many communities. These include: The regional district supports community organizations in maintaining various public community halls and grounds. The regional district and the municipalities within it observe Mountain Standard Time ( UTC−7 ) year round; they do not change their clocks for daylight saving time . Hence, from March to November, clocks in

966-657: The Peace River Hospital District which has the same membership and is responsible for raising capital for hospital expenditures. The Electoral Area Directors Committee, consisting of the four electoral area directors, meet separately from the Board as a committee twice a month and addresses issues from their jurisdictions that do not require municipal participation. The board directors also form committees for wildlife, solid waste, rural budgets, and parks and recreation. The directors are joined with members of

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1012-843: The Regional District a population density of 0.54 people per km (1.4 people/mi ). The people live almost exclusively in the agricultural areas in British Columbia's portion of the Peace River Country straddling the Peace River. This biogeoclimatic zone, called the Boreal White and Black Spruce Zone , begins on the northern end of the Rockies and stretches into Alberta and the NRRD. Here, mean annual temperatures have ranged between −2.9 and 2 °C with annual precipitation averages between 330 and 570 mm. According to BC's Ecoregion Classification System most of

1058-576: The Regional District is located in the Boreal Plains Ecoprovince of the Polar Ecodomain . This area is characterized by a continental climate with low year-round precipitation. Moist Pacific air loses its precipitation over several mountain ranges before moving over the region, while Arctic air masses are uninterrupted. About 61% of BC's bird species and 46% of all breeding species occur in this ecoprovince. This ecoprovince

1104-522: The U.S. border, to hook into the Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp.'s six-state gas grid and to supply gas to Vancouver. The pipeline was Canada's first " big-inch " pipeline. Along with its gathering system, the processing plants and compressor stations were completed in the fall of 1957. In 1964, Westcoast Transmission built another processing plant at Fort Nelson, British Columbia , in support of an additional 250-mile line to

1150-615: The company's new discoveries in the Canadian Northwest. After McMahon's death in 1986, Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd. was renamed Westcoast Energy Inc., and in 2002 Duke Energy of Charlotte, North Carolina , acquired the company in a deal worth US$ 3.5 billion. The natural gas pipeline business was later spun off as part of Spectra Energy , which merged with Enbridge in 2017. In the 1950s McMahon had an interest in Alberta Distillers Ltd . The distillery

1196-598: The divorce, Isabella remarried to actor Gar Moore (1920–1985) and settled in Palm Springs. On 7 April 1956 in Branford, Connecticut , McMahon remarried to Betty Lorraine Betz (1920–2010). Betz, born in Chicago, attended Sarah Lawrence College where she earned a degree in journalism in 1941. After graduation, she worked for a year for Harper's Bazaar , and then went on to create an advice column for teens, which

1242-648: The event was a Grade I ending in 2018. After the closure of Hollywood Park in 2013, the event was moved to Santa Anita Park . Time To Leave is the only mare to have won the race in 1970. Speed record: Margins: Most wins: Most wins by an owner: Most wins by a jockey : Most wins by a trainer : Legend:    All Weather Track    Dirt Notes: § Ran as part of an entry ƒ Filly or Mare List of American and Canadian Graded races Frank M. McMahon Francis Murray Patrick McMahon ( / m ə k ˈ m æ n / mək- MAN ; October 2, 1902 – May 20, 1986)

1288-469: The export and import of natural gas. In December 1954, he signed a $ 400-million contract with Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp. to sell natural gas into their pipeline system in the United States. In 1955 Westcoast was awarded permission from the U.S. Federal Power Commission to export gas. Construction started the same year on the $ 170-million, 650-mile Westcoast Pipeline from the Peace River area to

1334-483: The foothills of the Rocky Mountains and beyond. European-Canadian explorers penetrated the area during the 19th century by canoeing along the Peace River and establishing trading posts at Fort St. John and Hudson's Hope. In 1883 the province gave the federal government control over 3,500,000 acres (14,200 km ) of land, anywhere north the Rocky Mountains, as part of a deal to extend a rail line to Vancouver. After settling land claims with Treaty 8 First Nations, creating

1380-901: The guaranteed financing was retired in 1973. The stadium is operated by the McMahon Stadium Society. Until the guaranteed financing was retired the McMahons appointed two of the six members of the society. The first treasurer of the society was the McMahons' accountant, William Macintosh. In 2001 the McMahon brothers were named to the Calgary Stampeders Wall of Fame in the builder category. On 17 September 1928, McMahon married Isabella Marion Grant (1903–1995). The couple had three children: Frank Grant (1929–1953), William George (1930–2022), and Marion Brenda (Mrs Dean L. Macdonald). The couple divorced in 1955. Following

1426-405: The middle of the eastern half of the regional district. West of the Rockies the terrain is severe mountain wilderness with few roads and only a handful of inhabitants. Its total land area is 119,200.1 km (46,023.42 sq mi), the largest regional district in British Columbia in area. (The Stikine Region is larger, but is not a regional district.) The total population reported in the 2006 census

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1472-587: The most common large mammal but mule and white-tailed deer, caribou, and elk are also very common. The ecosystem also supports Dall sheep , black bear , grizzly bear , and gray wolf . There are few small mammal or reptile species. Fish species are restricted to freshwater fish like the Arctic grayling , northern pike , and slimy sculpin . Major tree species include white spruce , black spruce , trembling aspen , lodgepole pine , balsam poplar , tamarack , subalpine fir , and paper birch . The Regional District

1518-408: The other jurisdictions and the Board's weighted voting scheme, Fort St. John elects two directors and two alternates. The Board annually elects a chairperson from its membership. The Board convenes twice a month in the board room of Regional District office in Dawson Creek, although they occasionally meet in other member municipalities. Portions of these meetings are dedicated to the matters arising from

1564-432: The provincially funded megaprojects which included the extension of transportation and utility infrastructure through the Rocky Mountains to Chetwynd and across the region and the construction of two hydroelectric dams at Hudson's Hope. An oil and gas industry developed and helped Fort St. John's population increase from 3,619 people in 1961 to 13,891 in 1981 surpassing Dawson Creek as the largest city. The last municipality in

1610-419: The public on committees for agricultural advisory, libraries, fire protection, community sewer systems, and emergency management. Directors can also be appointed to outside agencies to represent the interests of the Regional District. The Regional District is covers portions of two provincial electoral areas: Peace River South and Peace River North . Peace River South is entirely with the Regional District and

1656-408: The region to incorporate was Tumbler Ridge which was built by the province in 1981 as an instant community to service two proposed coal mines. The region experienced little growth in the late-1980s and the population remained between 55,000 and 59,000 between 1992 and 2003. Since then, with a booming oil and gas industry, the population has gained over 5,500 people in three years. The Regional District

1702-544: The then University of Alberta (Calgary), now the University of Calgary , to help build a football stadium. They also guaranteed the $ 750,000 balance of the $ 1,050,000 construction cost. It was named McMahon Stadium in their honour. In 1988, the stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of that year's winter Olympics held in Calgary. The university acquired complete ownership of the stadium and land in 1985 after

1748-528: Was 58,264 with 24,019 private dwellings, up from 55,080 people in 2001. Westward expansion during the 18th and 19th centuries pushed First Nation groups westward and into competition with each other for resources. The Algonkian-speaking Cree had pushed the Athapaskan-speaking Dunneza into the BC portion of the Peace River Country , which pushed the fellow Athapaskan-speaking Sekani into

1794-584: Was a Canadian oilman best known as the founder of Pacific Petroleums and the Westcoast Transmission Company . Time magazine called him "The man who did the most to open up northwest Canada's wilderness—and convince oilmen of its treasures." In addition, McMahon was a major racehorse owner/breeder whose Thoroughbreds competed in North America and Europe and who won the 1969 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes with

1840-510: Was buried at St Paul's in Paget. Peace River Regional District, British Columbia The Peace River Regional District is a regional district in northeastern British Columbia , Canada. The regional district comprises seven municipalities and four electoral areas. Its member municipalities are the cities of Fort St. John and Dawson Creek , the district municipalities of Tumbler Ridge , Chetwynd , Taylor , and Hudson's Hope , and

1886-555: Was granted back to the province in 1930 after conflicts regarding the water and mineral rights emerged. The region grew slowly as agricultural settlements spread westward to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and northward to the muskegs of the Liard. In 1932 Pouce Coupe became the first community in the region to incorporate as a village, followed by Dawson Creek in 1936 after a rail line was extended there from Alberta. The 1941 Canadian Census recorded 8,444 people in northeastern BC but

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1932-665: Was inducted in the British Columbia Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1995 in the breeders/owners category. He set up a racing stable in California with U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey-turned-trainer Johnny Longden . Among the horses they raced was the great Majestic Prince whose important stakes include the 1969 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. Majestic Prince was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1988 and

1978-685: Was listed at No. 46 in The Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th century . In 1975, McMahon had another Triple Crown contender with Diabolo who finished third in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, and was fourth in the Belmont Stakes. In the 1950s he was part owner of Alberta Ranches, Ltd. which won the 1953 Hollywood Gold Cup with Royal Serenade. Together with Calgary newspaper publisher Max Bell , McMahon founded

2024-491: Was purchased by Petro-Canada . McMahon saw an enormous opportunity to supply natural gas to the huge United States market. In 1949 he incorporated Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd. whose business plan included the construction of a 650-mile gas pipeline from Taylor in north-eastern British Columbia to the United States. McMahon personally began lobbying the Canadian and American governments to remove their restrictions on

2070-625: Was started in Calgary, Alberta with Max Bell in 1946. In October 1957, Time magazine estimated his worth at $ 50-million and that he controlled assets in partnership with others that totaled about $ 500-million. McMahon's significant contribution to Canada's economic prosperity was recognized by his election to the Canadian Business Hall of Fame . In the 1950s McMahon backed a number of Broadway plays in New York, including The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees . Frank McMahon,

2116-850: Was syndicated in Hearst newspapers. In 1951 she hosted the television programme Going Places with Betty Betz . Additionally, she illustrated seven books, including Manners for Moppets , The Betty Betz Teen-Age Cookbook , and The Betty Betz Party Book, the Teen-Age Guide to Social Success . The McMahons maintained several residences, including the famous "Concha Marina" in Palm Beach and "Crow Lane House" in Bermuda . The couple had two children: Francine Patricia and Bettina Lorraine (1959–2014). Frank McMahon died in Hamilton, Bermuda , in 1986 and

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