Alberta History Show Films Segment with Mounties in Vegreville

Alberta History Show Films Segment with Mounties in Vegreville

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Vegreville’s World Famous Pysanka was the back drop for filming of a special production featuring the history of the North West Mounted Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police filmed on October 18.

The iconic symbol was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the RCMP and it caught the imagination of writer and filmmaker Rob Lennard.

“I’m actually an historian and a former director with the Alberta Heritage School Fair Program. I’ve actually visited no less than 120 towns and cities, but I’ve never been to Vegreville and seen the world famous egg.

And that said, my Twitter account at Alberta History is recognized as well researched history. It’s interesting, I put out a tweet about a year ago about the connection of the Mounties and the Vegreville egg. That tweet had 20,000 views for it, so that’s something.”

Cst. Chantelle Kelly photographs Mountie Mascot Buddy Bear.

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Lennard said, “I was inspired by the Blues Brothers movie, the car chase and fun with the kids. It had a real fun angle to it, and of course, Dan Aykroyd is Canadian. First and foremost is the history apart from the chase

scenes, the kids; what’s really important is that we’re filming seven segments based on interesting and fascinating Mountie history.

That’s the big crux for my story; and that’s my program, called the History Wrangler Show is based on. These two minute segments, all different themes, that comprise music, wonderful hosts, filmed in locations all across Alberta. That’s what makes up the show.

Automobile crew with fellow cast members.

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When thinking about filming we thought do we film in Ft. Saskatchewan or find a runway or race track and then it occurred me, the Town of Vegreville. It’s interesting to film here.” Lennard said the opportunity allowed him to showcase the wonderful pysanka and showcase the history of the Mounties. “Also, I learned from Staff Sgt. Terry Hyggen that in fact the detachment here started back in 1902. So, there’s a rich, rich history of the Mounties here in Vegreville.

Chase scene with Charolette and Finnley Lambert.

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He’s very excited that he will not only tell the story to Albertans, but Canadians coast to coast. He plans to have the show eventually translated into five different languages seen around the world. So, this was a great opportunity to showcase Mountie history and the great symbol of Vegreville all around Canada and elsewhere.

The segment f ilmed in Vegreville is expected to air in July of 2022.