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Notes - This is a transcript of an audio interview (Tape 2) with Mr. Joe Martynek. He discusses his life in Athabasca in the 1930s and 40s. He talks of difficulties with the weather, farming, and his wife's health. Many details of daily life in…

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…

Photograph - A Valley Brand Products truck at the Athabasca Creameries. Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - MacLeods Store building. Athabasca, Alberta. This building was demolished in 1985 and a new MacLeods Store building built on the same site

Notes - This is an account of German immigrant, Hans Birkigt, who arrived in Athabasca in 1928. He became a fur trapper during the winters. One particularly eventful winter was spent up north without an axe. Mr. Birkigt had chartered a plane and…

L-R. Dennis Prendergast (also at EU 1949) George Barnes, Exec Officer Steve Turner (also at IC 1949)

Photograph - MacLeods Store building. Athabasca, Alberta. This building was demolished in 1985 and a new MacLeods Store building built on the same site

Newspaper Article - Articles pertaining to Athabasca Telephone Artifacts presented to the Athabasca Municipal Library. Letters and Agent's Agreements containing information on invitation for the presentation of the historical display case,…

Photograph - Harvey Cull, Ralph Crawford and Angus Sutherland standing in front of Harvey Cull's drugstore, Athabasca Pharmacy, Athabasca, Alberta. It was located in the former Methodist Hall on the west side of Strathcona Street

Photograph - Harvey Cull standing in the doorway of his second drugstore, the Athabasca Pharmacy, Athabasca, Alberta.This business was located in the former Methodist Hall on the west side of Strathcona Street (50th Street). The building burned in…

Photograph - A view of people and buildings on Strathcona Street. Athabasca, Alberta

Brochure - Advertising the 1951 Provincial Interscholastic Track and Field Championships, sponsored by Athabasca and District Board of Trade and Athabasca Sub-Local A.T.A. Sanctioned by the Alberta Branches of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada…

Letter - Mrs. George Brown writes of her life as a war bride coming to Athabasca following World War I. She speaks of assisting Dr. Meyer with nursing duties and her many domestic chores. Mrs. Brown recounts the time a "poorly dressed "…

Photograph - A view of buildings along a street. Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - Poultry at Athabasca Creameries, Athabasca, Alberta

Notes - This is a transcript of an interview (Tape 63) where Mrs. Viola Overholt discusses her early life in Athabasca (1912). Farming life, homesteading, social activities, businesses and residents of Athabasca are discussed at length. Topics…

Photograph - A view of people on the balcony of the hotel. Athabasca, Alberta

Notes - This is a transcript of an interview where Mr. Joe Irwin discusses his personal history and his interests and knowledge of bush pilots, Northern Alberta fisheries, mining and flying. He discusses what life was like growing up in the…

Photograph - This picture was taken by Athabasca Town Archivist, Marilyn Mol, to include in the Athabasca Walking Tour booklet, Athabasca, Alberta. This building was owned in 1912 by Joseph Daigneau and was owned by NRS Realty in 1995

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…

Photograph - Harvey Cull and Don Sutherland standing in front of Harvey Cull's third drugstore, Athabasca Pharmacy, Athabasca, Alberta. This building was built after the fire of Aug. 5, 1913 on the east side of Strathcona Street

Notes - Meeting minutes of the Athabasca and District Centennial Committee, from meetings held September 26, 1966 - October 1967. Contained in the minutes are the members who were present at the meetings, plans for the centennial celebrations -…

Photograph - A crowd standing in front of the hotel in Athabasca Alberta. The hotel was built in early 1900s and burned down in August 1913. It was rebuilt in February 1914

Photograph - A car parked in front of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce building, Athabasca, Alberta. It was built in 1912 and was demolished in 1980

Photograph - A view of wooden sidewalks and an unhitched cart in front of the Revillion Brothers building, Athabasca, Alberta, the Methodist Hall is visible on the far right. A note on back reads: Souvenir of Mr. Jerome Beart to his son Mr. Gabriel…