A view of the Town of Athabasca from the north bank of the Athabasca River, 1912. Athabasca Archives, 00933.
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New Publications
Historic Athabasca brochure and
Athabasca Historic Walking Tour booklet. Click on the links below.
| historic_athabasca_epub.pdf |
| AHWT_booklet_2017.pdf |
Athabasca Landing, the terminus of a freight trail from Edmonton, grew as the hub of a vast northern transportation system located on the southernmost elbow of the Athabasca River. Scows and paddle-wheel steamers plied these waters in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Town planners hoped that the railway would fan northeast and northwest from Athabasca, but it wasn't to be. Athabasca's importance as a transportation centre disappeared. Instead, the town evolved to become a service centre for agriculture, forest industries, energy, education, and recreation.
Athabasca Heritage Society's objectives are
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Athabasca Heritage Society's objectives are
- To benefit the community by restoring, preserving, and maintaining heritage sites in the Town of Athabasca;
- To educate the public about the history of the Town of Athabasca by:
- conducting public and school tours;
- researching and interpreting the history of Athabasca;
- producing and maintaining outdoor heritage signs and public displays; and
- To undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above charitable purposes.
- To promote public awareness of the cultural and historical heritage of the Athabasca region.
- To promote awareness of the history of Athabasca Landing and its importance as a transportation centre.
- To further understanding of the cultural history of the aboriginal peoples, settlers, and families who founded or settled in the Athabasca region.
- To work towards making public the rich history of the region through visual, participatory, or other methods of promoting awareness and understanding.
- To support the formation of a financial foundation with the long-term goal of raising funds to promote and support community heritage projects in the Athabasca region.
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