Photograph - Olga Stychin and Nancy Appleby on a berry picking trip. Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - A view of the buildings and fields of the Shank family farm. Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - Athabasca River break up, Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - Demchuk Building, Athabasca, Alberta. This building was built in 1912 by David Keir as a hall. It was taken over by Dr. Meyers ca. 1917. It later housed the offices of Dr. Turnbull and Dr. Wright

Photograph - E.J. Shank posing with his Grand Championship Wheat. Toronto, Ontario

Photograph - Possibly located in Meanook, Alberta

Photograph - Broken brick found at Claude Thillet's home in 2009

Photograph - Cast members Dorothy Baker and Carl Olson. Saga of the Whispering Hills, presented by the Athabasca Players for the 75th Anniversary of Athabasca, Alberta

Notes - This account gives a brief history of the arrival of African American immigrants to the Athabasca area, namely Amber Valley- an area twenty miles east of Athabasca. Katie Melton was four years old when her family left North Carolina around…

Photograph - A view of the interior of the Calling Lake School (District No. 4124) building. Calling Lake, Alberta. ATS 17-72-21-W4

Pamphlet - A satirical poem written by W.B. Cameron about the Social Credit Party during the 1930s in Alberta (6 pages)

Audio - Mr. Whiteley recounts the story of delivering the message of the flood of 1904. He took seventeen hours by horse to travel from Perryvale to Edmonton. Billy Loutit took the same message by foot arriving in Edmonton about the same time. Mr.…

Audio - Mr. Al Cramer talks about his time as a trapper, fur trader and farmer in Athabasca during the first few decades of the twentieth century. He describes trapping wolves for a ten dollar bounty, trapping foxes on McKay River and on a farm at…

Audio - Mr. Joe Martynuk was born on January 16th, 1898 in Czechoslovakia. He came to Athabasca at the age of twenty-eight in 1926. He bought a farm and his family joined him. Mr. Martynuk talks of early farm life, animal care and crops. He mentions…

Audio - Mr. Roy Bergeron and Mr. George Bergeron, sons of Horace Bergeron, owner of the Bergeron Sash and Door Store, discuss their personal history including the arrival of their mother in Athabasca from Jolliette, Quebec by covered wagon. They…

Audio - Mrs. Alice Donahue speaks of her early life in Red Willow, Alberta and her eventual move to Athabasca in 1937 following her marriage. She discusses the curriculum she studied as a child and other early memories. Mrs. Donahue's time in…

Audio - Mrs. Cloe Day discusses her life as a teacher including how difficult it was to teach home economics and shop class with no equipment and materials. She talks about games she played and how it was sometimes difficult to obtain food during…

Audio - This is a group discussion of early education with Mr. James Wood, Mrs. Jessie Rollings, Mrs. Alice Donahue, Mrs. A. K. Stafford, and Mrs. Muriel Schumacher. They discuss early school buildings, educational materials (magazines), student…

Audio - Ms. Eileen Hendy discusses her personal history in Athabasca including historic sites/events she has researched such as: the railway, the Brick School House, the first blacksmith in town, the Hudson's Bay Co., the fur trade and the…

Audio - Mr. Percy Ward and Mrs. Marion Ward discuss their family history, particularly Mrs. Ward's family (Lewis) as they were one of the original families in the Perryvale area. They discuss how Perryvale got its name (it was originally called…

Audio - Mrs. Ellen Bishop (Loutit) discusses her personal history. She talks of life in the Athabasca area in the early part of the twentieth century with stories about dog teams pulling sleighs, collecting syrup from birch trees, etc. Mrs. Bishop…

Audio - Mrs. Jesse Rollings gives a detailed account of life and work on the Athabasca River starting from 1922. She explains logging/lumbering and freighting on the river with great detail including: names of companies, ships, employees, and…

Audio - Mrs. Alice Donahue, Mr. Nick Evasiuk, Mr. Tony Schinkinger, and Mr. Bob Richards discuss life and change in Athabasca following the end of World War II. The rebirth of the town, with veterans arriving back and settling into business with…

Audio - Mrs. Nancy Appleby talks about her life in Athabasca starting with her arrival at Baptiste Lake in 1944. Mrs. Appleby discusses the first Klondike Night in the basement of the Athabasca Community Centre organized by her and Hazel Hall. Can-…