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Audio - Mrs. Dorothy Chartrand discusses her family history which includes her grandfather, Octave, and his son Pierre setting up the Bellerose Livery Stable in Athabasca in 1898. She talks about her family's short sojourn in Colinton near the…

Photograph - Buildings at Largent's homestead. Colinton, Alberta

Photographs - Students at Colinton School (District No. 3169). Colinton, Alberta. Front row, left: Annie Talpash, Kate Talpash. Back row, fifth from left, Julia Talpash, ninth from left, Sam Talpash

Photograph - A view of the Colinton School (District No. 3169) building. Colinton, Alberta. ATS 15-65-22-W4

Transcript of audio interview - Born and raised in Amber Valley and Edmonton, AB. Spent 34 years in the North West Territories. Raising her 6 children, 2 of whom were adopted as infants in the NWT, she devoted herself to volunteering with activities…

Notes - This account gives a brief history of the arrival of African American immigrants to the Athabasca area, namely Amber Valley- an area twenty miles east of Athabasca. Katie Melton was four years old when her family left North Carolina around…

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…

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

Born and raised in Amber Valley and Edmonton, AB. Spent 34 years in the North West Territories. Raising her 6 children, 2 of whom were adopted as infants in the NWT, she devoted herself to volunteering with activities surrounding family, faith,…

Photograph - A view of the Atlanta School building, near Colinton, Alberta. ATS 4-65-21-W4

Booklet - 1954 Telephone Book for Athabasca (2 pages)

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…

The Brown family lived and farmed in Meanook alongside the Tawatinaw creek. Farm work was very important, and so too were family and community activities like dancing, playing pool, 4-H and music. With a school teacher mother and bus driver father,…

Photograph - A view of the demolition of a grain elevator at Colinton, Alberta on March 23, 1990

Photograph - A view of the demolition of a grain elevator at Colinton, Alberta on March 23, 1990

Photograph - A view of the Colinton School building. Colinton, Alberta

Notes - This is a transcript of an audio interview (Tape 115) where Mr. Douglas Hay and Mrs. Millie Hay discuss their personal history up to the current day. They discuss their children and their children's careers as well as recounting a few…

Notes - Cancelled cheques from Imperial Bank of Canada for the District of Grosmont, Auditor's Financial Statement for Grosmont Division No. 668, Colinton, and Athabasca School Division No. 42 (41 pages)

Photograph - A view of the demolition of a grain elevator at Colinton, Alberta on March 23, 1990

Photograph - A view of the Colinton School building. Colinton, Alberta

Photograph - A view of Keyes School (District No. 1882) building near Colinton, Alberta. ATS 20-65-21-W4

Photograph - A view of the Vincent School (District No. 4255) building near Colinton, Alberta. ATS 23-64-22-W4. The school was originally named Golden Sunset School District No. 4255

Photograph - A view of the Tawatinaw School building near Colinton, Alberta. ATS SE 34-65-22-W4. Tawatinaw School District No. 2971 changed names with Golden Sunset School District No. 2473

Photograph - A view of the Colinton School building. Colinton, Alberta