Author: GREGORY, DAVID
Title: Athabasca Landing - an Illustrated History [Alberta Local History]
Description: Alberta, Canada: Athabasca Historical Society, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0969259301. Presents a comprehensive history of Athabasca Landing up to 1921. Chapters include: Indians and Explorers to 1867; Growth of a Fur-trading Post, 1867-1888; Hudson's Bay Company Settlement, 1887-1896; Staging Post for the Klondike, 1897-1898; Paving the Way for Expansion, 1899-1905; Settling the Land - The Homesteading Boom, 1906-1914; Gateway to the North - The Commercial Boom, 1906-1914; Life in a Frontier community, 1906-1914; Crisis and Collapse, 1914-1921; and more. 249 glossy pages profusely illustrated with sepia-tone reproductions of wonderful archival maps, photos, and documents. Index. Footnotes. Bibliography. Gift greetings atop first blank page otherwise unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this particularly excellent local history.; 4to. Fair .

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