Reminiscing (Lot Scott Willey) 1885-1960

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Alice B. Donahue Library & Archives 1905
• Subjects: Personal History; Athabasca Landing; Transportation; Schools; Boarding House; Post Office; Metis; Telegraph Line; Hudson's Bay Company; Scows; Steam Boat; Banks; Agriculture; Recreation; Homesteads; Foxes; Trapping; Fur Trade; Settlers; Businesses; Canada; Steamboat
• Online Access: http://digicon.athabascau.ca/cdm/ref/collection/AthaArch/id/3323

Scottie (Lot) Willey reminisces about his life in Athabasca. He came to Athabasca in 1903, at the age of eighteen, hauling freight from Edmonton. He talks about the insects and terrain that they and their horses had to endure. He recalls the early years when many services were just beginning to appe...