N Athabasca River 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 Edmonton to Athabasca Landing and was dubbed the designated historical site. Fournell “100 Mile Portage” since it linked two major waterways – the North Saskatchewan River 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 Alberta’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 (1900) David Hay was one of the earliest settlers in the Colinton area. He 1876 Rochester arrived in 1904 and homesteaded in 1905, calling his property ‘Kinnoull’ Roberts (1904) T. Lewis (1906) after his family’s estate in Scotland. In 1909 he married Mary Jack – their l son Doug Hay was born in 1911 and was the rst baby born to settlers “Bulldog Ranch” (1912) Tawatinaw “TEN DOLLAR CAMP”: 10 Dollar Camp established 1897, freighters’ camp; in the region. In 1910, Hay built a store and post ofce at the site, and ai now reestablished as a day camp Rivet (1910) and picnic park by T.N. Fdn. in 1912, gave a portion of his land for the building of St. Andrew’s r Short and Savoy (1908) Watershed at MILE 52 crosses T Leclair (1912) Anglican Church. The original log church still stands on its original site. continent from the Rockies to Stoney Creek Eastern Arctic, separates Arctic Gas Pump. Sam Talpash outside Colinton Motors. (1887) Ocean and Hudson Bay Basins. Gamborski’s Marked on the Trail as Stone Fence Waruk (1912) Gamborski’s Stone Fence. Egge's Stopping House (1896) 52 When the railway came through the same year, James Milne owned the JOHN GULLION: first settler Matthew (1888) Gullion (1886) Kerstian (1901) of Trail: was also accomplished land where the railway station would go. He agreed to give them the NWMP guide, freighter and You are standing McNelly (1912) river boat captain. at the hamlet of land if he could name the hamlet and called it Colinton after his native Redwater Prehistoric Camp Site River Legend Redwater Bluff (1897) Colinton, one of ! home in Scotland. A townsite grew on the spot and Hay built a new store, River Point of Interest Dwornik (1906) St. Mary’s (1905) 25 Milestone the sites along the historic the Colinton General Store, in 1913. The store is still in active operation OLD ST. MARY’S: Strilchuck (1904) first Ukranian Catholic Stopping House church north of Athabasca Landing Trail. across the road from this sign. Other businesses followed and for a time, Patry Edmonton. Now a (1906) Registered Historical Homestead Colinton was thriving community. The Colinton area now has a Resource and museum operated by T.N. Fdn. Fort population of approximately 250. Leclair (1904) Church Fedorah (1911) North Saskatchewan River Astleyville/ Battenburg (1893) Snow (1902) 25 Sturgeon Gibbons (1895) River Prehistoric Camp Site Fort Augustus (N.W.Co. 1794) PetsPets on on leash leash Athabasca Landing Colinton Hotel. Mrs. John Talpash on steps of their hotel. Red Hood Flour. Team of young moose broken to drive by William Day of Colinton. Fort Saskatchewan (N.W.M.P. 1874) All photos are from the book Colinton and Districts: Yesterday and Today. North Saskatchewan River TPrPTetsailheadetsrailhead on on leash leash Fort Edmonton athabascalandingtrail.com (1871) Pets onPets leash on leash 0.