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Notes - Ms. Emma Miller discusses her family's travels and early life in Athabasca. She talks of her parent's first jobs (working at Mr. Ike Gagnon's mill) and of living on rabbits and beans in the winter as ""money for meat…

Certificate - Third place certificate in jumping - awarded to Kurt Schinkinger in the first annual Athabasca Ski Club Jumping and Racing Championships, held on March 3 and 4, 1945 (2 pages)

Notes - In this document, written in 1994, Eileen Hendy gives a brief history of the Athabasca Chamber of Commerce; which was formed as The Athabasca Landing Board of Trade on October 18, 1908. In 1930 The Board of Trade became affiliated with the…

This is a letter written to "fellow workers" by Charles F. Hopkins regarding the construction of the Methodist Hall in Athabasca in 1907. Hopkins is asking for additional financing to buy more supplies for the construction of the hall. His…

Letter - Mr. A. L. Sawle speaks of coming to Athabasca Landing in 1908 take over as the second manager of the Imperial Bank. He speaks of his time with the Athabasca Board of Trade and of assisting with the first Agricultural Exhibition. The names…

Notes - The article; 'Northern Frontier' gives "true" details of a journey along the Athabasca River before World War I. This story gives many details of what river travel was like during these times- the hardships faced,…

Diary - This document is the personal diary of Constance Jukes Sanders, daughter of Gilbert E. Sanders, Superintendent of the Northwest Mounted Police 1905-1908. The diary begins on August 27, 1910, and ends April 6, 1911. Diary entries include…

Documents - Letters from Athabasca District #839 School Boards listing expenses and/or requesting funding from the Town of Athabasca for the 1926, 1927 and 1944 school years. Expenditures, including teacher/secretary/caretaker salaries, utilities,…

Notes - Mr. William Flack's family arrived in Athabasca Landing around 1887. Mr. Flack writes about life in Athabasca and the district around 1911. He talks of businesses, families, and occupations. Mr. Flack also mentions several amusing…

Notes - A poem written by Max Puellet about Joseph Boulanger is the first part of the document. The poem expresses the grief the author feels about the doctor leaving Athabasca Landing. Joseph Boulanger's thoughts are contained in the remaining…

Program - This is a program for the Athabasca Public School (Brick School) production of "The Pied Piper of Hamlin" performed for the school opening in 1914. Photos of the "old" and "new" schools as well as individual…

Booklet - Scottie (Lot) Willey reminisces about his life in Athabasca. He came to Athabasca in 1903, at the age of eighteen, hauling freight from Edmonton. He talks about the insects and terrain that they and their horses had to endure. He recalls…

Publication - The Athabasca Historical Society put together this brief history of travel on the Athabasca River from the late 1800s to the end of commercial transportation on the river in 1952. The river was used by traders, missionaries, police and…

Notes - Mr. George Cooke writes of life in Athabasca Landing before the automobile arrived. Businesses, freighting, the fur trade and numerous settlers are mentioned by name (2 pages)

Letter - This letter was written in 1970 by Mr. E. H. Nagle. He recounts his personal history including his father working as a fur trader in Athabasca in 1883. Mr. Nagle describes growing up along the river, the difficulties of early travel,…

Notes - The first presence of the R.N.W.M.P. in Athabasca Landing occurred in 1892, when the R.N.W.M.P. came to prevent liquor from being brought into prohibited areas. In 1897, permanent police detachments were set up in Athabasca Landing, Fort…

Program - This document is a souvenir program from the opening ceremonies of the Athabasca bridge, which occurred on June 9, 1952. The program contains a schedule of the day's events, which began with a parade, and then an inspection of the…

Letter - To Mr. & Mrs. Louis Sale regarding information for the 75th Anniversary History Book about the Athabasca Parish. The date of erection of the parish was Feb.2, 1915 and St. Gabriel Archangel is the patron saint of the church at Athabasca…

Notes - This set of documents contains a variety of financial information on the Town of Athabasca Landing. The first document is a copy of a cancelled "coupon" written out to The Imperial Bank of Canada from The Town of Athabasca Landing…

Letter - Written to A.W. Soare (Bert) from Uncle Fred Smith, Captain Holt's Party, V.J. MacGillycuddy-Constable N.W.M. Police, F.W. White-North-West Mounted Police-Office of the Comptroller and W. Davis Burlinson. In 1898 Fred Smith left the…

Notes - This document contains correspondence between the Town of Athabasca Landing and Farquharson & Company, the official auditors for the town. The first few pages contain the auditor's report for ten months ending October 31, 1912. This…

Notes - Mrs. Jessica B. Watson writes about her family life in Athabasca. Her father, Captain F. S. Segers, worked for the Hudson's Bay Company and was "in charge of all of the boat transportation up and down the river." Mrs. Watson…

Notes - This is a personal account as told by Oscar Green in October, 1987. Green worked on the S.S. Distributor Steamboat on the Athabasca, Slave and Mackenzie Rivers in the 1920s and 30s. He went from preparing the steamboats for travel, to…

Letter - To Dr. E.K. Wright from Ms. Gertrude McLaughlin and Mr. Fred J. Marshall, In 1961 replying to photos send about stage operations from Edmonton to Athabasca. Ms. McLaughlin talks briefly about her time teaching in Athabasca in 1913, as well…

Documents - These are the bylaws of the Athabasca Board of Trade circa 1910. Listed are: the sitting members, the duties of the committee, the rules for governing meetings, and the duties of the office bearers. This was donated to the Athabasca…