Pouce
Coupe is the oldest municipality in the Peace River, it was incorporated
in 1932, but the first European settler, Hector Tremblay arrived
here in 1898. He cut trails south to Grande Prairie, Alberta and
north to Fort St. John. More settlers came to this region after
1911, when the Edson Trail (from Edson, Alberta) was cut through
some 400km (248mi) of wilderness. In 1930, the Northern Alberta
Railway reached Pouce Coupe. Today, it's a quiet little community
that sits overlooking the Pouce Coupe River surrounded by rolling
hills and crop laden fields.
