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	Athabasca Landing
		Athabasca Landing, at the site of the present town of ATHABASCA, Alberta, was from 1876 until 1913 an important trading centre linking the Prairies with the far Northwest.
		During 1897-98 a tent-city at the Landing was the effective starting-out point for adventurers following the all-Canadian water route to the Yukon goldfields, and both the KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH and a lengthy visit by the Indian Treaty and Scrip Commission in 1899 stimulated the growth of a village around the HBC post.
		In 1911 Athabasca Landing was incorporated as a town, and by August 1913, when its name was changed to Athabasca, the new municipality had a population approaching 2000.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=A0000369 (322 words)

	Athabasca Landing Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Athabasca Landing Trail was established 1875 by Hudson's Bay Company between Edmonton and ATHABASCA LANDING to improve and expand northern transportation.
		Surveyed in 1879, the trail was Canada's busiest northern route for 40 years, during the transformation of the area from fur-trade monopoly to a modern, diversified economy; the settlement of western Canada; and the evolution of modern transportation.
		The development of railways (Athabasca, 1912; Grande Prairie, 1916; and Fort McMurray, 1917-21) diminished the importance of the trail.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=A0000370 (165 words)

	Boatbuilding At The Athabasca Landing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		For many years at Athabasca Landing one of the primary industries was boatbuilding.
		The boatbuilders, mainly Métis, stayed at Athabasca Landing for only a few weeks, living on the East hill in a work camp of tents or rough lean-tos made from logs, brush-wood, and mud.
		Athabasca Landing also experienced a unique and short-lived boat building boom in 1897-1898.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /Athabasca/html/boatbuild/index.htm (358 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Athabasca, Alberta, Canada
		Athabasca (from the Métis Athabaska, meaning 'Place of the Reeds') is a small town located very close to the geographical centre of Alberta, Canada.
		Situated 150 km north of Edmonton, the capital city of Alberta, Athabasca sits in a bend of the Athabasca River where it is joined by the Tawatinaw Valley.
		By mid 1912, Athabasca Landing seemed poised to become the capital of the emerging Province of Alberta.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A2398683 (1370 words)

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		At Athabasca Landing, since it was not known just when the Head would arrive, the local official charged all his clerks and minions to be ready at the sound of a whistle to salute and fall into line for inspection.
		Athabasca Landing was the portal through which they passed, and by every northward stream they travelled,--down the Athabasca toward the Mackenzie and up the Athabasca to the Peace, leaving stranded men and stranded boats on every shore.
		At its confluence with the Clearwater the Athabasca is perhaps three-quarters of a mile wide, and it maintains a steady current with a somewhat contracting channel to the point of its discharge into Lake Athabasca in latitude 58° 36' North.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/1/2/8/7/12874/12874-8.txt (20137 words)

	The Valley of Silent Men -- Chapter 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		And the Landing, with its two hundred and twenty-seven souls before the railroad came, was the wilderness clearing-house which sat at the beginning of things.
		It was from the Landing that the greatest of all river brigades set forth upon their long adventures, and it was back to the Landing, perhaps a year or more later, that still smaller scows and huge canoes brought as the price of exchange their cargoes of furs.
		The River, as the Landing speaks of it, is the Athabasca, with its headwaters away off in the British Columbian mountains, where Baptiste and McLeod, explorers of old, gave up their lives to find where the cradle of it lay.
	www.litrix.com /vsmen/vsmen001.htm (1235 words)

	Athabasca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Athabasca is the name of a Native American tribe, the Athabaskans, and places or geographical features named for them, including in Alberta, Canada:
		Athabasca (novel) - a novel by Alistair MacLean
		Athabasca - a character in Terry Brooks's Shannara series.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Athabasca (117 words)

	Athabasca, Canada
		Known until 1926 as Athabasca's Landing, it was the main trading center for the Hudson's Bay Company in northern Canada.
		The Athabasca, most of which is navigable, offered good access upstream via Little Slave Lake to the Peace River region, and downstream by way of Fort McMurray to the Mackenzie River and thence to Alaska.
		Athabasca is also a favorite point from which to set out on tours and excursions into the largely undeveloped forest and lake regions of Northern Alberta.
	www.planetware.com /canada/athabasca-cdn-ab-aba.htm (229 words)

	Athabasca Country_Town of Athabasca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A vibrant rural community in which to live, work, and relax, the Town of Athabasca is nestled in the picturesque Athabasca River valley, just 145 km north of Edmonton on Highway 2.
		Between 1880 and 1914, Athabasca Landing was known as the “Gateway to the Great North Country, ” a jumping-off point for the Peace and Athabasca trading rivers flowing to the Arctic.
		Fort Edmonton was linked to Athabasca Landing by the Landing Trail and the Athabasca River became a major travel corridor for fur traders, missionaries, explorers, and settlers of Alberta, the vast north-west and northern Canada.
	www.athabascacountry.com /Ath_Pages/TownAth.html (612 words)

	Athabasca Real Estate
		The town of Athabasca is nestled in the picturesque Athabasca River valley, just 150 km north of Edmonton on Highway 2.
		Athabasca Landing, as the town was called between the years 1880 and 1914, became a jumping off point for the Peace and Athabasca trading rivers flowing to the Arctic.
		While the Town of Athabasca is steeped in historical tradition, it is focused on the future.
	www.albertahomesearch.com /offices/athabasca.html (605 words)

	Background - The Athabasca River - Northern River Basin Study Final Report - Alberta Environment
		The Athabasca River headwaters are formed by the melting snow and glaciers of the Columbia Ice Field on the continental divide.
		Further on, the Athabasca River passes the Weldwood pulp mill at Hinton, the oldest of the five mills in the Athabasca River basin.
		The Athabasca Landing Trail, created in the 1870s, was a portage that linked the North Saskatchewan River to the Mackenzie River system, allowing access to the fur trade.
	www3.gov.ab.ca /env/water/nrbs/sect1/sect13.html (1089 words)

	History of the Diocese
		Rather, I believe that the Diocese of Athabasca has always been called that, since its creation in 1874 by the division of the original Diocese of Rupert's Land (with the Synod being organized in 1876) at the same time that the Dioceses of Saskatchewan and Moosonee were created.
		In 1874, when the original division of the Diocese of Rupert's Land took place, the new Diocese of Saskatchewan occupied the lower (east-to-west) portion of what is now the civil provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, and the Diocese of Athabasca occupied the northern (east-to-west) portion, although the exact boundaries were indeterminate.
		In 1883, the boundary between the civil districts of Athabasca and Alberta was established near the 55th parallel of latitude, which is very close to the line between townships 69 and 70, and lies north of Athabasca and Lac la Biche.
	www.dioath.ca /history.htm (826 words)

	The New North by Agnes Deans Cameron : Arthur's Classic Novels
		Athabasca Landing, a funnel through which percolates the whole trade between the wheat-belt and the Arctic, is the true gateway of the North.
		Athabasca Landing was the portal through which they passed, and by every northward stream they travelled, -- down the Athabasca toward the Mackenzie and up the Athabasca to the Peace, leaving stranded men and stranded boats on every shore.
		At its confluence with the Clearwater the Athabasca is perhaps three-quarters of a mile wide, and it maintains a steady current with a somewhat contracting channel to the point of its discharge into Lake Athabasca in latitude 58 deg.
	arthurwendover.com /arthurs/frontier/newnor10.html (20387 words)

	InfoMall - Athabasca, Alberta
		Between the years 1880 and 1914, Athabasca Landing, as the Town of Athabasca was then called, became known as the "Gateway to the North," a jumping off point for the Peace and Athabasca trading rivers flowing to the Arctic.
		Covering approximately 6,327 square kilometers, the County of Athabasca is rich in history and natural beauty, featuring an abundance of lakes and rivers, along with many scenic hiking and cross-country ski trails.
		The Athabasca area is also blessed with a range of churches and faith communities, many service and community groups, seniors services, veterinary services, Farmer's Markets, libraries and archives, art and pottery clubs, craft and quilting groups, and more.
	athabasca.infomall.ca (302 words)

	Athabasca travel and tourist guide to Athabasca attractions - Super 8 Hotels in Athabasca
		The Town of Athabasca is the modern gateway to the new north country, its economic prospects, natural resource industries, tourism opportunities, natural beauty, and lifestyle choices.
		Athabasca is also blessed with a range of churches and faith communities, many service and community groups; a seniors' drop-in centre, a seniors' lodge, long-term health care facilities, a veterinary clinic, a year-round Farmer's Market, libraries and archives, art and pottery clubs, craft and quilting groups, and more.
		LANDING TRAIL - This Trail was the main route used by early settlers and men on their way to the Peace River District and the Klondike Gold Rush.
	www.super8athabasca.com /athabascaattractions.htm (968 words)

	Athabasca Country_County of Athabasca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A 121 km corridor from Gibbons to Athabasca, the Athabasca Landing Trail served the native people long before the arrival of the Europeans.
		It eventually became the major overland route connecting the Athabasca and North Saskatchewan Rivers and was the main trading route for the Hudsons Bay Company from Edmonton north to Athabasca Landing.
		Your journey along the Athabasca Landing Trail would not be complete without stopping at Perryvale and visiting the Perryvale General Store.
	www.athabascacountry.com /Ath_Pages/CountyAth.html (383 words)

	AlbertaFirst.com - Athabasca
		Athabasca is nestled among the hills along a bend in the Athabasca River, which flows northeast from its source high in the Rocky Mountains to Lake Athabasca.
		Athabasca University has an international reputation for distance education, and is a model for the future.
		Athabasca is served by three main highways: Highway 2 south to Edmonton and north to Slave Lake, Highway 55 east to Lac La Biche and Saskatchewan, and Secondary Highway 813 north to Calling Lake and onward to Wabasca/Desmarais.
	www.albertafirst.com /profiles/statspack/20380.html (1685 words)

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		The Indian title to the land, however, was not conveyed by the Crees and Saulteaux until 1817, when Peguis and others of their chiefs ceded a portion of their territory for a yearly payment of a quantity of tobacco.
		But where good land could be had, a novel choice was offered, by which individual Indians, if they wished, could take their inalienable shares in severalty, rather than be subject to the "band," whereby many industrious Indians elsewhere had been greatly hampered in their efforts to improve their condition.
		At the Landing we pitched our tents in front of the Hudson's Bay Company's post, where had stood, the previous year, a big canvas town of "Klondikers." Here they made preparation for their melancholy journey, setting out on the great stream in every species of craft, from rafts and coracles to steam barges.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/2/5/6/12569/12569.txt (20031 words)

	Early Settlements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In 1877, Athabasca Landing was established by the Hudson's Bay Company at the southernmost point of the loop of the Athabasca River where it swings north-east to Fort McMurray and Lake Athabasca.
		The westward expansion into "Indian Territory" by European immigrants between 1880 and 1914 transformed Athabasca Landing from a river stopping place of native peoples into a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post, and later, a northern boomtown and transportation hub for freight and pioneers entering Canada's north-west.
		Athabasca Landing became known as "the gateway to the north."
	www.eagle.ca /~matink/themes/Pioneers/settle.html (1316 words)

	The Incredible Journey - Bishop Stringer - The Bishop who ate his Boots
		On May 27, the missionaries departed for Athabasca Landing, 96 miles north of Edmonton.
		By June 19, the Grahame was caught in a storm at the mouth of the Athabasca River.
		The missionaries reached Smith's Landing at noon on June 23, where they said goodbye to the relative comforts of water travel.
	virtualmuseum.ca /Exhibitions/BishopStringer/english/journey-html.html (1307 words)

	Billy Loutit Triathlon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Standard (40km) bike course will travel from Athabasca Landing Pool 2 blocks north to highway 55 and in a loop on highways 827, 663, and 2, before returning to the pool and transition area.
		It is up to the participant to ensure that his or her bicycle is in proper working condition.
		Both standard and sprint runs will travel from Athabasca Landing pool 1km on pavement to Muskeg Creek Trails, and will continue on the trails' forested, rolling hills for the specified distance.
	www.billyloutit.ca (261 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of The New North, by Agnes Deans Cameron.
		Athabasca Landing was the portal through which they passed, and by every northward stream they travelled,—down the Athabasca toward the Mackenzie and up the Athabasca to the Peace, leaving stranded men and stranded boats on every shore.
		June 6th at a quarter of seven saw the whole populace of Athabasca Landing on the river bank—dogs, babies, the officials of the Hudson's Bay, parson, priest, police, and even the barkeep,—and with the yelping of dogs and "Farewell, Nistow!" we are off.
		The history of other lands shows a determined fight for the frontier, inch by inch advancement where an older civilization pushes back the native,—there are wars and feuds and bloody raids.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/12874/12874-h/12874-h.htm (19195 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A stage line runs to Athabasca Landing on the Athabasca river, forty miles away.
		The Athabasca current will carry him into Athabasca lake, and finally into Great Slave lake, whence the Mackenzie river flows.
		From the mouth of the Mackenzie the Peel river must be taken south, and then by portage the Rocky mountain range is crossed.
	memory.loc.gov /service/gc/gcmisc/mtfgc/72033/0280029.txt (193 words)

	Lloydminster Meridian Booster, Lloydminster, AB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In 1888, R. McConnell of the Geological Survey of Canada embarked on a comprehensive surface exploration of the Athabasca and North Saskatchewan River areas for the presence of oil and gas.
		As this was about as far as a hole could be punched using 1894 technology, driller A. Fraser moved the rig to the confluence of the Pelican and Athabasca Rivers, about halfway between Athabasca Landing and Fort McMurray.
		Add the Athabasca River and a portage around Grand Rapids to the mix and you start to get an appreciation of just how capable these early drillers were.
	www.meridianbooster.com /story.php?id=135890 (890 words)

	Athabasca University - Centre For Innovative Management - Home Page
		Copyright © 1999-2006 Athabasca University, Centre for Innovative Management.
		Learn how an Athabasca University online Executive MBA program can help you accelerate your management career.
		Join representatives from the Centre for Innovative Management for a live information session in a city near you.
	www.mba.athabascau.ca (53 words)

	Historical Athabasca Landing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Traders Leaving Athabasca Landing for the North, 1903.
		Some themes include portions of audio taped interviews with old timers who lived at Athabasca Landing in its heyday (Real Audio).
		The web site was created by a group of Athabasca area students aged fifteen to twenty years old.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /Athabasca (99 words)

	Canada Trails: The Athabasca Landing Trail Section of the Trans Canada Trail Bike and Recreation Path, Alberta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Canada Trails: The Athabasca Landing Trail Section of the Trans Canada Trail Bike and Recreation Path, Alberta
		The trail is a section of the Trans Canada Trail.
		Points of interest: The Athabasca Landing Trail is a historical route between the Athabasca River and Edmonton used by the early fur traders.
	www.canadatrails.ca /tct/ab/athabasca.html (142 words)

	Alberta Real Estate Agent Search
		It was not until after 1821 when the Hudson's Bay Company absorbed the North West Company that remote seasonal posts were established.
		In these seasonal posts goods were shipped in and traded for furs which were baled and shipped out.
		Today, Athabasca has a cozy population of about 2,500 people and it's land mass covers almost 17 square kilometers.
	www.internetbrokers.ca /offices/athabasca.html (360 words)

	History - The Origins of the RCMP
		Although attention was focused upon the Force's dramatic role in the Yukon, the Force had already begun to extend its activities into the subarctic forests of Canada's Middle North: the Athabasca country, the Mackenzie River system and the Keewatin District west of Hudson's Bay.
		A.M. Jarvis and two men reached Fort Resolution on Great Slave Lake and later that year permanent detachments were established at Fort Chipewyan, Athabasca Landing and Lesser Slave Lake.
		In 1905, the Mackenzie District and Athabasca country detachments were organized as "N" Division with headquarters at Athabasca Landing.
	www.rcmp.ca /history/origins11_e.htm (1051 words)

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