On March 17, 1951 on St. Patrick’s Day the snow storm that hit Tofield shut down Tofield and surrounding areas. Jerry Kallal recalls hearing the exact date from Stewart Ferguson, a long time Tofield resident.
“The roads were all drifted in and impassable; even the CN Rail had to bring the plow train from Jasper in o`rder to open the rail line. Rural schools were closed for a week.”
Kallal’s dad, Charles Kallal, talked about the March blizzard and how his snow plane was used to run different missions. . . . contd.
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