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Old Photographs from Athabasca Landing (1900-1923)

October 30, 2025 Tyler Dixon

Athabasca Landing (now known as the Town of Athabasca) has an interesting history, rooted in the fur trade and the transportation challenges of northern Alberta. It was founded in the 1870s by the Hudson’s Bay […]

Historic Photos of Dogsledding from Alberta

January 16, 2020 Tyler Dixon

Before the invention of automobiles and snowmobiles, winter travel was exceedingly difficult. Northern Indigenous people developed a more convenient mode of winter transport, the dogsled. At its most basic, a team of dogs, typically between […]