Traditional Occupations

Traditional Occupations - Pictures

Airports Airlines and Air Transportation Auto Manufacturing

Bee Keeping

Communications Construction Continuing Education and Vocational Schools

Education Electronics and Telephone Manufacturing

Farming (which includes Ranching) Farm Machinery Manufacturing Food Processing

Fishing (offshore, inshore, salmon, fish hatcheries, aqua-culture, commercial fishing on the larger lakes)

Fur Trade and Fur Farming Furniture Manufacturing

Hauling Freight on the Highway Highway and Bridge Maintenance

Horticulture and Market Gardening

Hunting and Gathering Hydroelectricity and Electrical Workers

Please go to the Next Page for the remainder of our traditional occupations.

Airlines - Air Transportation

Calgary International Airport

Inside Edmonton International Airport Terminal

Seaplane

Honey Bee

Bees being over wintering in bee hive

Honey Bee

Honey Bee Hives

Honey Bee Cells in a hive.

Honey cells

Brood cells

Pollen cells

Communications Tower

Images - A telephone and lady operator come into view. Long distance calls to relatives come to mind. Perception by Ray W.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Construction (site of new courthouse in Calgary)

Months later the new Calgary Courthouse is emerging.

Friendly Construction worker at construction site in downtown Calgary, Alberta

Construction of Deh Cho Bridge across Mackenzie River, North West Territories August 2009

Olds College - Continuing Education

Centre for Studies in Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.

Vocational Schools - SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology)

Spitzee Elementary School in High River, Alberta

Farming on a Saskatchewan farm

Piglets sleeping

Piglets Nursing

Chicks

Bantam Rooster

Mother Miniature Horse and Baby

Jersey Cow

Jersey Calf

Ranching - A ranch nestled in the foothills of Alberta

Herd of Beef Cattle

KC brand - on the hide of a long horn.

Okay - I got out. Now how do I get back in ?

Renegade calf outside of the fence. Hey guys don't leave me - okay ?

Herd of beef cows being fed in the winter.

Cow parsnip growing beside a corral.

Hereford Cow

Fishing

Fishing boat

Images - The traditional scene is the sleepy little fishing village by the harbour. The rocky shore and the boats along the docks. Fishermen returning with their catches after risking their lives on the sea. See all the people gathering - eagerly examining and unloading the fish. A fish processing plant is also part of the scenery. There is a picture of a close knit community with hardships and difficulties endured. Perception by Ray W

Food Processing (pictures of food processing plants in Lethbridge, Alberta)

Poultry Processing Plant - Lethbridge, Alberta

Roger's Sugar processing Plant at Taber, Alberta

Pile of sugar beets, and truck load of sugar beets.

Sugar beet crop being harvested.

Fish Hatchery

Hatchery located at Bull River, BC

Fur Trade and Fur Farming

Muskrat Pelt

Hauling Freight On the Highway

Perceptions - A vision of a long drive on an endless highway. You're clipping along at 65 mph, but that big rig behind pulls over to pass. He can't waste time obeying the speed limits. A couple of miles more and the highway rises towards the crest of a steep hill. The big rig pours out black smoke as it labours under its heavy load. You zip past the growling monster very easily. But on the other side is a long downgrade, and before long he is on your tail again, getting ready to pass. Image by Ray Wegner

Highway and Bridge Maintenance

Highway Construction on the Roger's Pass, B.C.

Perceptions - An image of driving on a hot summer day. Signs tell you men and equipment working up ahead. The flag lady holds up her STOP sign. You wait for oncoming traffic to clear. She waves you on. The smell of hot asphalt. The roar and rumble of equipment working. Image by Ray W

The completed construction project (from the previous picture)on the Roger's Pass, B.C.