N 100 ATHABASCA Athabasca TRAIL first Landing surveyed by HBC (HBC 1875) in 1877; by Dominion in 1879/80

Kinnoull (1905) KINNOULL: named after Old St. Andrew's Colinton Scottish home of Anglican Church D. Hay and was the name of (1912) Post Office established 1911; D. Hay Postmaster. Kinnoull Meanook Park established by Fdn., which contains Old St. Andrew’s Church, as Athabasca Landing Trail – The historic route went from Fort to Athabasca Landing and was dubbed the designated historical site.

Fournell “100 Mile Portage” since it linked two major waterways – the and the Athabasca River. Built 1912 Tawatinaw (1912) River by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1876, the trail brought fur traders, gold miners, settlers and others to ’s LEWISTON: community established northern regions. It was an important transportation route until 1912 when the railroad came through. by T. Lewis in 1906, changed to Perryvale Count von Hammerstein (1900) Whiteley 78 Redwater Bridge 246 near Half Moon Lake is a key link in the historic Athabasca (1900)

Landing Trail. The original 1905 wooden bridge was replaced with a steel bridge in 1876 - Rochester Roberts (1904) 1912. A new bridge, replicating the design of the 1905 bridge, was constructed and T. Lewis (1906) installed by trail volunteers in 2010 to allow continued access along the Trail. l “Bulldog Ranch” (1912) Tawatinaw “TEN DOLLAR CAMP”: John Gullion was the rst known homesteader/farmer north of the Sturgeon River. 10 Dollar Camp established 1897, freighters’ camp; ai now reestablished as a day camp He was also an accomplished guide and interpreter for the North West Mounted Rivet (1910) and picnic park by T.N. Fdn. r Short and Savoy Police, a businessman who operated a stopping house along the trail and built river (1908) Watershed at MILE 52 crosses T Leclair (1912) continent from the Rockies to scows (also called 'sturgeon-heads'), and captain of the sternwheeler Grahame that Stoney Creek Eastern Arctic, separates Arctic (1887) Ocean and Hudson Bay Basins. Gamborski’s Marked on the Trail as carried passengers and goods along the Athabasca River. John played the ddle and Stone Fence Waruk (1912) Gamborski’s Stone Fence. was a notorious prankster. Remains of the original Gullion Homestead can be seen Egge's Stopping House (1896) 52 JOHN GULLION: first settler four miles north of Redwater Bridge; the school named after Gullion is gone. Matthew (1888) Gullion (1886) Kerstian (1901) of Trail: was also accomplished NWMP guide, freighter and McNelly (1912) river boat captain.

Redwater Prehistoric Camp Site River Legend Redwater Bluff (1897) River Point of Interest Dwornik (1906) St. Mary’s (1905) 25 Milestone OLD ST. MARY’S: Strilchuck (1904) Old St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church near the bridge was built in 1905 and was first Ukranian Catholic Stopping House church north of Patry the rst Ukrainian Catholic church north of Edmonton. It is now a Registered Historical Edmonton. Now a (1906) Registered Historical Homestead Resource and museum operated by Pioneer Trail North Foundation. A modern St. Mary’s Resource and museum operated by T.N. Fdn. Fort Church is nearby and still holds regular services. Leclair (1904) Church Legend has it that the area near the bridge is haunted. Joseph Delorme was a Metis Fedorah (1911) North You are standing freighter; he and his family squatted on land just north of the bridge. Joe would be away Saskatchewan River for lengthy periods on long freight hauls from Edmonton to Athabasca and beyond. His Astleyville/ Battenburg (1893) at Redwater Snow (1902) wife and youngest daughter often walked to the bridge near dusk to see if he was Bridge 246, an Sturgeon ! Gibbons (1895) 25 coming home. One summer day, when Joe was away, a wild re swept through the area River important crossing Prehistoric Camp Site and the family ed to the river. The oldest children made it to safety, but Joe’s wife and along the historic Fort Augustus young daughter did not. Some say the ghostly pair can still be seen at dusk walking down (N.W.Co. 1794)

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