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Peter Maxwell Ewart
Peter Maxwell Ewart (7 April 1918 – 23 January 2001) was a Canadian painter. He is especially known for his depictions of the Cariboo country of British Columbia and the Canadian Rockies. Biography Peter Maxwell Ewart was born in Kisbey, Saskatchewan, on 7 April 1918. At a young age his family moved to Montreal, where he attended West Hill High School. After taking correspondence courses in commercial illustration, he attended Sir George Williams College and the Art Association of Montreal. He next took instruction at the Commercial Illustration Studio of New York City, where he was introduced to avant-garde design. During World War II, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a wireless operator, he was stationed at Bella Bella in British Columbia. Ewart relocated to Vancouver in 1947, and one year later he married. In 1958 he moved to Langley in the Fraser Valley. The following year his wife Susan passed away. They had one daughter, Linda. Ewart was instrumenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisbey, Saskatchewan
Kisbey ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Brock No. 64 and Census Division No. 1. The village took its name from Richard Claude Kisbey (d. 1941), an Irish immigrant who settled in Estevan. History Kisbey incorporated as a village on May 8, 1907. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kisbey had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Kisbey recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. Sports The Arcola/Kisbey Combines of the senior men's Big 6 Hockey League play at the local ice rink.https://www.bigsixhockey.com/ See also * List of communities in Saskatchewan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |