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Photograph - This picture was taken by Athabasca Town Archivist, Marilyn Mol, to include in the Athabasca Walking Tour booklet, Athabasca, Alberta. This building was built in 1912 and was owned by Frank Falconer Senior. In 1995 it was occupied by…

Photograph - Staff at Athabasca Creameries, Athabasca, Alberta. Left to right, Cliff Donahue, Russell Thorne, Don King, Lottie Bryan, Clara King, Jean Crawford, T. McLean

Photograph - William Minns and another man are standing in front of the Hudson's Bay Company building in Athabasca, Alberta. It was built in 1912 and taken over by C.A. Parker in 1925. The building was demolished in 1966

Photograph - Post Office building, Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - Staff at the Athabasca Creameries Ltd. Front row, left to right: Walter Styles, Ken Gullion, unknown, Larry Gullion, unknown. Second row, left to right, unknown, Fanny James, Mrs. Thorne, unknown, unknown. Cliff Donahue is at back

Photograph - Women working in the egg grading room at Athabasca Creamery, Athabasca, Alberta. Left to right: Lottie Bryan and Margaret Styles

Brochure - This brochure was put out by the Athabasca Board of Trade in 1910 to promote the Athabasca area as an ideal location to move to and settle. It lists the sitting officers of the board, shows photos of buildings and businesses, lists…

Photograph - Charles Underwood standing in front of the Hudson's Bay Company Store, Athabasca, Alberta

The first Hudson's Bay store and warehouses were near the river. Athabasca, Alberta. Left to right: Leslie Wood (manager), Jock Irwin (handyman), Russell E. Bannerman (clerk).

Photograph - Two men standing in front of the Revillon Freres building. Athabasca, Alberta

Notes - Mr. Herman Leicht's career and education are discussed including his interest and subsequent career in radio and technology. Details are given of his marriage to Doreen Wilkinson and their family life

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 by Louise Johnson and housed Athabasca Furniture & Appliances from 1995…

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

Photograph - Civic Building, Athabasca, Alberta. Was built in 1952

Notes - This is a transcript of an audio interview (Tape 113) where Mr. Douglas Hay and Mrs. Millie Hay discuss their personal history, including Mrs. Hay's family history. School life in Colinton and Athabasca is discussed with teachers,…

Photograph - Northern News Company building on Strathcona Street. Athabasca Landing, Alberta

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…

Photograph - The Marketeria building. Athabasca, Alberta. It was built in 1944 and owned by Jack Preece. It was later known as L&M Bakery and the building was demolished in 1984

Notes - This is a transcript of an audio interview (Tape 4) with Mr. Joe Martynek. Mr. Martynek discusses life in the Athabasca area in the 1940s including the price and availability of goods in that era. He talks of his current hobbies (reading,…

Photograph - Charles A. Parker building, Athabasca, Alberta. It was originally built as the Hudson's Bay Company store in 1912 and Parker took it over in 1925, a year after the HBC left Athabasca. The building was demolished in 1966

Photograph - A view of a drug store, hardware store, and meat market along Litchfield Street, Athabasca, Alberta. A note on the back reads: Harvey Cull's Drug Store - first store opened in 1910, (…) Mrs. (Ida Agnes) Cull in doorway

Notes - This is a history of the Chapin-Anderson family written by Ordie Chapin-Anderson. The Chapin family moved from The USA to a homestead eight miles from Colinton, Alberta in 1910. Frederick Lewis Chapin and Ethel May Chapin arrived with their…

Photograph - County of Athabasca building, Athabasca, Alberta. The County of Athabasca offices moved to this new building in Cornwall in 1987 and the old building was demolished in 1995

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