Audio Interview with Mrs. Violet Aldridge (Mills)

• Main Author: Marilyn Mol; Bob Tannas
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: 1912-; Personal History; Shipping; Hudson's Bay; Settlers; Steamers; Freighting; Fort McMurray; WWI; Lost Patrol; River; Transportation; Ferro; Fitzgerald; Haight
• Online Access: http://digicon.athabascau.ca/cdm/ref/collection/AthaArch/id/1633

Mrs. Violet Aldridge talks about Fort McMurray and the Athabasca area after 1912. She discusses the boats (sternwheelers and propellers) and the captains on the river including Captain Mills and Captain Haight. She mentions the funeral of Fitzgerald of the Lost Patrol at Ft. McPherson. Many resident...