- Imagine if you will, going out on a hot sunny day to find no sunlight coming down. This was not due to clouds or smoke. It is said that in the early days when Pigeon Lake was first founded as "Pigeon Lake" the Passenger Pigeon was plentiful. Flocks were estimated to contain billions of birds, enough birds to block out the sun for hours while they flew overhead.
- Dangers of timber cutting : Popular Lutheran minister, rev. p. Almgren in 1906 discovered driving along wagon trail can be lethal; the reverend jumped right into the path of a falling tree and died instantly! A tragic small stone monument was erected and still stands across from the present Crystal Springs store.
- Two meals, one nights lodging, feed for your horse would cost a whopping $1.50!!
- In 1895 the good wage of an RCMP recruit was 65 cents per day!
- Ma-Me-O, one of Pigeon Lake's popular beach communities means "White Pigeon" in Cree
- It took a whole days travel by horse to the city of Wetaskiwin
- The Methodist Church established a Mission in Pigeon Lake in 1848 with the help of Robert Rundle, now known as Rundle's Mission, it is a provincial historic site, has many nature trails and is a great place to visit!