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Audio - Mr. Valentine Breckenridge and Mr. Charlie Senz discuss details of farming life in the early to middle part of the twentieth century in Athabasca. They discuss, the price of eggs, types of grain crops, crop rotation vs. fertilizer, and the…

Audio - Mr. D. Shalapay Sr., Mrs. Annie Rypien, Mrs. Nancy Shalapay, Mr. Mike Rypien, and Mrs. Olga Meardi spend the balance of the tape discussing teachers and school systems since World War II. They also have a general conversation about farming,…

Audio - Dr Josephine Mary Brown gives a very detailed account of her life as a doctor and active member of several boards in Athabasca. Dr. Brown was born in 1919 and became a doctor following university and a stint in the army in 1947. Her first…

Audio - Mrs. Jettie Willey, Mrs. Roseanna Shank, Rev. B.A. Rathbone and Hugo Carlson discuss many firsts to happen in the Athabasca area including: Mr. Dean , the first school teacher in Athabasca, MacLeod's Creamery had the first electricity…

Audio - Mr. Douglas Hay and Mrs. Millie Hay discuss their personal history, including the arrival of Mr. Hay's family in Colinton in 1905. They discuss freighting, farming, education, businesses and residents of Athabasca and Colinton (2:50:41…

Audio - Mr. Falconer speaks of life in Athabasca from 1910 on including transportation and settlements, the black settlers, immigrants from the Ukraine and Poland, RCMP officers and various others. He recounts freighting teams bringing goods to…

Audio - Mr. Alex Lennie, Mrs. Barbara Ashacker and Mr. Frank Falconer reminisce about various Athabasca locals including: Bill Ross, the Rennisons, the Gosselins, Al Sharp's Blacksmith Shop, the Lessard's house and the Gullions. Mr. Lennie…

Video – Black Settlers of Alberta & Saskatchewan Historical Society. Oral history of Black Canadian Settlements on the Prairies. Introducing Shirley Backstrom (Coleman).

Audio - This is a discussion of early Athabasca life with Mr. Frank Falconer Jr., Mr. Charles Stewart (Buster) Bissell, Mr. Fred Wallin (once Town Foreman), and Mrs. Laura C. Green (Nee Goupil). This discussion ranges from the installation of the…

Audio - Mr. D. Torquil MacDonald of Rosewell, New Mexico, talks about his personal history. He tells the story of his father, Dr. MacDonald, rescuing a toddler (Sadie Marcella Gervais) from a fire at a hospital in New Mexico. The child moved with…

Photograph - St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church. Athabasca, Alberta. The building was built in 1906, burnt down in 1952, and was rebuilt in 1953 facing in another direction

Photograph - Equipment inside Athabasca Creameries, Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - Bernice Kostyk (Autumn), Lyn Rypien (Spring), Dale Kiselyk (Summer), and Alan Salzk (Winter). Saga of the Whispering Hills, presented by the Athabasca Players for the 75th Anniversary of Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - Cast members taking a bow. Saga of the Whispering Hills, presented by the Athabasca Players for the 75th Anniversary of Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - Various rectangular clearings, some with water

Photograph - A view of the Youngville School (District No. 3621) building near Athabasca, Alberta. ATS 29-68-23-W4

Photograph - Shirley Shirreff and another girl in costume for Halloween. Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - A man standing on a chunk of ice coming down a river. Manitoba. A note on the back reads: Coming down

Photograph - A view of crowds and buildings along the parade route, Athabasca, Alberta. The sign for the Royal Cafe is visible on the left and the Union Hotel on the right

Photograph - A view of the McArthur School (District No. 3266) building near Boyle, Alberta. ATS 5-65-18-W4

Photograph - A group of people in front of a cabin, possibly at Pelican Portage, Alberta

Photograph - Stacks of lumber at Spruce Mills, Athabasca, Alberta. Owned by G.G. Fowler

Photograph - Yellow and green leaves on trees beside a meadow. Baptiste Lake, AB

Photograph - A view of the town of Athabasca, Alberta from north of the Athabasca River. This photo joins with 00933 and 00934 to make a panoramic view