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The first full-time telephone operator in Edmonton was

Alex Taylor
Jenny Lauder
Molly Griesbach
Emily Murphy

The first telephone line in Alberta connected

the Edmonton telegraph office and the St. Albert mission
the Edmonton telegraph office and Mr. McKenny’s store
Major Walker’s office and his lumberyard near Fort Calgary
the Fort MacLeod railway station to the town office

In cities, a 1920 telephone operator

connected long distance calls
gave the correct time
provided sports scores
all of the above

Party lines were

never used in cities
special numbers for lonely teenagers
lines shared by one or more subscribers
an early form of line-dancing

The photophone was

designed to send pictures using cellular phones
designed to send pictures using cellular phones
a desk telephone with a built-in frame for family pictures
a device using light to send voice signals without wires

A candlestick telephone was

mounted on the wall
useful at night because it had a candle
sometimes equipped with a dial
all of the above

’Boomers’ were

people who slammed down the receiver
linemen who installed telephone lines and poles across the prairies
bad storms that blew down telephone wires
workers who yodelled in the telephone exchange

The first government-operated long-distance telephone line in North America link

Toronto and Montreal
New York and Boston
Calgary and Edmonton
Calgary and Banff

Automatic switching

was used in New York before it arrived in Calgary
lets the caller dial the number they want to speak to
was common in small towns and villages after 1910
created more work for operators

The TransCanada Network

was completed before World War II
was never damaged by winter storms
has always used microwave towers rather than poles and wires
was the first telephone link between Alberta and Saskatchewan

Early underground cables were protected by

rope soaked in tar
paper insulation
a sheath of lead
guard dogs

The first telephone system in Calgary was operated by

The Bell Telephone Company
Alex Taylor
Alberta Government Telephones
The Canadian Pacific Railway

Alberta’s first long-distance telephone call was made by

Major Walker
Alex Taylor
Premier Rutherford
Bob Edwards

Crossbar switching equipment

was used before Step by Step equipment
can’t be used with dial telephones
was installed in Calgary in 1958
all of the above

By 1929, Alberta Government Telephones was operating the largest rural telephone

the prairie provinces
in Canada
in North America
all of the above

In 1965, Alberta’s first underground coaxial telephone cable was installed betwe

Calgary and Edmonton
Calgary and Banff
Red Deer and Rocky Mountain House
Medicine Hat and Lethbridge

The first telephones in Alberta were ordered from London, England by

Alexander Graham Bell, who wanted to expand his business
Alex Taylor, the Edmonton telegraph operator
Major Walker, for his lumber business in Calgary
Mr. McKenny, for his store in St. Albert

In 1900, telephones found in Alberta

had large dials
got their electricity from a provincial power grid
were usually small desk models
had a separate transmitter and receiver instead of a handset

To find telephone numbers for nearby pizza restaurants in the telephone director

the pink pages
the blue pages
the yellow pages
the green pages

In small towns in the 1920s, the telephone operator

could sleep late every morning
knew everyone in the community
only connected long distance calls
had to repair broken telephone lines

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