History of the Athabasca oil sands region, 1890 to 1960's Vol I: Socio-Economic developments

• Main Authors: Tingley, K. W., Parker, J. M.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Oil Sands; AOSERP; AOSERP HS 10.2; Tar Sands; Social Impacts; Alberta; Eldorado; Fort McMurray
• Online Access: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/ec73fd59-773e-4044-8215-c63ac33aeb65; https://doi.org/10.7939/R3GT5FN27

There is no doubt that the Athabasca Oil Sands region has been an eldorado for resource development. The major forces shaping its development, i.e., private enterprise, church missions and government enterprise, have come from outside the region. The economy of the fur trade predominated from 1778 u...