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Town of Athabasca fonds
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4 m of textual records and other material
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Administrative history
Located in the boundaries of Township 66, Range 22, West of the 4the Meridian (66-22-W4), the Town of Athabasca neighbors the County of Athabasca No. 12. The municipal history of the Town of Athabasca began in 1905 when it became the Village of Athabasca Landing. In 1911, the Village of Athabasca Landing became the Town of Athabasca Landing. In 1913, the Town of Athabasca Landing became the Town of Athabasca.
Custodial history
In 1970, the Town of Athabasca donated the material (PR1970.0188, PR1970.0296) to the Provincial Archives of Alberta. In 1970, the Athabasca Municipal Library donated the material (PR1970.0297) to the Provincial Archives of Alberta. In 1973, CKUA Radio donated the material (PR1973.0391) to the Provincial Archives of Alberta. CKUA Radio broadcast the audio copies of the "Athabasca Story". In 1981, the Athabasca Archives donated a microfilm copy of the minutes and tax records of the Town of Athabasca.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of minutes, cashbooks receipts and disbursements, assessments and tax rolls, and tax enforcement returns of the Town of Athabasca dating from 1903 to 1950. The fonds also includes cash book receipts and disbursements for Athabasca School District No. 839 (17-66-22-W4, 1903) dating from 1944. In addition, the fonds contains 3 plans documenting the development of Athabasca Landing dating from 1898 to 1907. The fonds also includes photographs capturing images of Athabasca dating from the early part of the 20th century. Images include Hudson's Bay Company stores, football, hockey, curling, parades, caribou, scows, Stopping Creek Bridge, dog teams, threshing machines, paddle-wheelers, Canadian National Railways, military recruits, W.R. Day and his domesticated moose at the Edmonton Exhibition, fur trappers and traders, and panoramic views of Athabasca. The fonds also contains images of the following individuals: Tom Black, Colin Fraser, Mr. H. Mullins, Rayner Whitely, Father Desmarais, Robert Vance, Albert Alexander Greer, and Louis Menard. The fonds also includes materials related to the production of "The Athabasca Story", including an account of the history of Athabasca produced for the Town of Athabasca's Jubilee celebration, photographs, two film reels, and six audio reels.
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The fonds also includes 6 audio reels, 3 site plans, and 2 films.
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The fonds also included a microfilm reel capturing Athabasca Landing's first newspaper, the Northern Light. This material is now included in the microfilm collection in the Reading Room of the Provincial Archives of Alberta.
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- The material is in English.
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There are no restrictions on access. Permission for use required. Subject to the Copyright Act.
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Associated materials
Please see the Town of Athabasca fonds at the Athabasca Archives. For more material on the Athabasca region, please see the County of Athabasca No. 12 fonds at the Provincial Archives of Alberta.
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Further accruals are not expected.
General note
Information for the administrative history/biographical sketch sourced from: Municipal Profiles, <a href="http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/profiles/index.cfm" target="_blank">www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/profiles/index.cfm</a> (Oct.1, 2007). Land described according to the Alberta Township System (ATS).<br><br>Record No. The fonds includes the following accessions: PR1970.0188, PR1970.0296, PR1970.0297, PR1981.0227<br><br>
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- Town of Athabasca (Subject)