One of the biggest advocates of the Peace Country passed by on this trail many times. From Saturday News, April 30, 1910 (Courtesy of Peel Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta) - "It is doubtful that Mr. Cornwall is a millionaire at present, but he is of the stuff that millionaires are made, a man who looks into the future and sees what it is certain to bring forth long before the bulk of those about him awake to its possibilities. No one doubts that Mr. Cornwall, with his knowledge of the country, will profit largely by the opening of the north. He has not denied the fact, but incidentally by keeping before the public to the extent that he has the need of taking active measures for its development, he has performed a very large service to all who have large interests at stake in Alberta." This is a man who was a regular visitor to our community . He was instrumental in helping Captain Barber establish the Northern Transportation, he partnered with Fletcher Bredin to establish trading posts and arranged for a publicity tour to keep the area in the fore front of everyone's minds. Without this man many communities in Northern Alberta may not exist. He was born in Brantford, Ontario on October 29, 1869. By the time he arrived in the region in 1896, he had already crisscrossed the Atlantic and had traveled in Europe, Russia and Asia. He became a member of parliament from 1909 to 1913. During WWI he founded and financed a railway unit, the 218th Battalion. He served overseas as a Lieutenant Colonel. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French and the Distinguished Service Order by King George V. After the war he continued to champion for the northern Alberta until his passing on November 20, 1955.