There was a time when the Lac La Biche Golf and Country Club had only a nine-hole golf course, but officials were talking about a planned expansion when a “mixer” tournament was held to celebrate the opening of new grass greens in June of 1984.
There was a time when the Lac La Biche Golf and Country Club had only a nine-hole golf course, but officials were talking about a planned expansion when a “mixer” tournament was held to celebrate the opening of new grass greens in June of 1984.
Club president Eugene Lebas said the tournament was held so that new members could meet each other and the club and course could be promoted.
Expansion of the golf course was planned as far back as 1981. Three years after that, a new log cabin-style clubhouse, tee areas and fairways were nearly complete-and the course continued to grow until it reached its current 18-hole size. The “million-dollar view” of Lac la Biche Lake has not changed, though.
A lot has changed since the days of the videocassette, but at one point it took an entire committee to bring a VCR to LacAlta Lodge in Lac La Biche. Remember that such machines could cost upwards up $800 in the 80s.
The Lac La Biche Lions Club donated a VCR to the seniors’ care centre, along with a year’ s subscription for free movies from The Bay in Lac La Biche.
It only took a month to build, and there was only a small crowd there when it opened 32 years ago, but Beaver Lake’ s new community hall was a building that Chief Al Lameman said was “a long time coming.”
Cree Nation members held a round dance and fastball tournament to mark the occasion. The building was constructed with cedar siding so that it would blend in with its natural surroundings. Lameman was a defender of the environment, arguing against opening up more of the Beaver Lake area for development and tourism at a public meeting that same month.
