Chronicles of Boundary Country from the pages of The Boundary Creek TimesVolume IV, No.17 – July 2, 1898
- The Beginnings of the City of Phoenix – “A small town is springing up in Greenwood Camp. A general store has been opened by Messrs. Wynkoop and Stevens and application has been made to the post office department for a post office to be known as Brooklyn. As there are a large number of men now working in Greenwood and Wellington camps, the application for a post office ought to be favorably considered.” (ed. - The post office in Greenwood Camp was never named ‘Brooklyn’ as suggested above. That name was already taken by a town located on the C.P.R. line at the foot of Lower Arrow Lake. ‘Phoenix’ was chosen as the name of the first post office in Greenwood Camp later in 1898.)
- Greenwood’s First Church – “The new Catholic Church was dedicated on Sunday last by Rev. Father Palmer, priest in charge of this parish. Situated on one of the most beautiful knolls in the north end of the city and commanding a view of all points of the compass, stands a structure known as the Church of the Sacred Heart that not only the Catholics of the congregation may feel a just pride in claiming their own but also one which can be pointed to by every resident of this district as evidence of the work which can be accomplished by the united efforts of all, irrespective of creed. The choir will consist of ten voices… to be accompanied by violin and cornet.”
- C.P.R. Officials Visit Boundary Country – “Mr. Hamilton, the Land Commissioner of the C.P.R., his private secretary, Mr. Russell, and Mr. Henry Wilgress, Land Agent, spent 4 days looking over the country through which the C.P.R. will be constructed. The object of Mr. Hamilton’s visit was to arrange for the right-of-way through the district. He ridiculed the idea suggested by some that the C.P.R. would endeavor to give established towns the ‘go by’. The C.P.R. is after business and if there is a business centre already established along the line of the railway, it will receive every consideration at the hands of the C.P.R. Mr. Wilgress will arrange for the entire right-of-way between Cascade City (located south of Christina Lake) and Midway.”
- Official Officiousness – This editorial was in response to some recent questionable arrests and fines imposed on citizens of the Boundary. “Every day, it becomes more apparent that the numerous officials of this district are imbued with the idea that they have been furnished with a Divine Right to harass the people and subject them to every sort of petty annoyance. If things continue as at present, ordinary citizens may have to provide themselves with permits to breathe if they do not wish to run the risk of falling into the clutches of provincial police officers.”