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Photograph - Mr. Daigneau standing beside his automobile. His delivery car. 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

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 store left Athabasca. The building was demolished in 1966

Pamphlet - Created by The Athabasca Board of Trade on July 1, 1912, to promote the town of Athabasca (no longer known as Athabasca Landing). The pamphlet begins by discussing the great agriculture industry surrounding Athabasca. Claims are made…

Photograph - A view of Baptiste Lake from the front of the Baptiste Lake Supplies Store, Baptiste Lake, Alberta

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

Audio - Mr. Leo Noddings talks about the Depression and politics, including the Farm Credit Arrangement Act with R.B. Bennet in power. Other politicians mentioned are : George Mills, Ike Gagnon, Charlie Cross and Bill Waller. Mr. Noddings also…

Letter - Mr. Bob Day writes of his visit to Athabasca in 1948. He was using a helicopter to conduct a gravity meter survey in a search for oil. Mr. Day describes the care of the helicopter in the cold weather, the motor court he stayed at and the…

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)

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

Document - Certificate of Incorporation of the South Athabasca Entertainment Society together with registered copy of application and by-laws (signed by founding members), from The Government of the Province of Alberta, Department of the Provincial…

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…

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

Booklet - United Grain Growers was built in 1917-1918 in Athabasca as a grain delivery point. In order to build an elevator, early organizational work was done by share-holders of Alberta Farmers' Co-operative Elevator Company. In 1917, Alberta…

Photograph - A view of a small boat on the river. Athabasca, Alberta

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

Photograph - Athabasca Creameries building, Athabasca, Alberta. The company opened in 1926 with Angus McLeod and John van Dyke as owners. The building was rebuilt in 1946 and demolished in October, 1983

Audio - Mr. Israel Shank, the former Chief Superintendent of the RCMP, discusses his years in the force. He also discusses politics and other subjects (landmarks in Athabasca) while looking at photos with the interviewer (28:02 minutes)

Audio - Mr. Oscar Green gives a detailed account of life in Athabasca starting with his family's immigration from the United States in 1911. Mr. Green was a member of the Citizens Band and was also involved with Forrest Day's boxing…

Photograph - Gas station and hotel. Slave Lake, AB

Photograph - Athabasca Creamery in Athabasca, Alberta was built ca. 1945 and was demolished in October, 1983

Program - First Annual North-central Alberta Music Festival held in Athabasca, April 3-5, 1974. The program includes greetings from the mayor of Athabasca: Jack Sturges, and the festival president, The Rev. R. A. Rathbone. The program lists…

Photograph - A storage room inside Athabasca Creameries, Athabasca, Alberta

Photograph - Schinkinger Store building. Athabasca, Alberta. The building was demolished in 1985