Alberta History & Heritage Historical Resources Books

Many reference points for the History Check app have come from books that are not available online, therefore we can’t provide a link.  While some are no  longer in circulation, you may be able to find them at your local library or archives.

We appreciate your patience as we compile this alphabetical listing of reference books.  As we find sources of where the book might be purchased we will include the information.


A Candle in the Grub Box – A Struggle for Survival in the Northern Wilderness

Author: The story Frank Jackson as told to Sheila Douglass,

Publisher: Shires Books; First Edition 1977,

ISBN-10: 0919213685, ISBN-13: 978-0919213685

http://www.drmaryjackson.com/candle.html

Follow this link to find this book through an Alberta Library


A Narrative History of Fort Dunvegan

Prepared for the Fort Dunvegan Historical Society and Alberta Community Development

By: Daniel Francis and Michael Payne

ISBN: 0-920486-70-3

Follow this link to find this book in an Alberta library


Buffalo Days & Nights

Author: Peter Erasmus

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Concise Place Names of Alberta

Edited by Merrily K. Aubrey

ISBN: 1-55238-210-9


Echoes Along the Athabasca River

A history of Chisholm, Fawcett Lake, Forest View, Hondo, Lawrence Lake, Moose Portage, Moose River, Otter Creek, Ranch, Smith, Smokey Creek.

Copyright: Smith Half Century Plus Historical Book Committee

ISBN 0-88925-443-5, First Printing: 1984, Printed and bound in Canada by Friesen Printers – A Division of D. W. Friesen & Sons Ltd.

Find this book in an Alberta Library through this link.


Exploring the Fur Trade Routes of North America

Author: Barbara Huck

Copyright @2000 by Heartland Associates Inc.

ISBN: 1-896150-04-7

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Fort Vermilion People in Our Vast Trading North 1788-1988

(Community History Book)

Copyright: Fort Vermilion and District Bi-Centennial Association 1992

ISBN: 0-88925-829-5

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Into the Promised Land

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Land of Twelve Foot Davis – A History of the Peace Country

Author: James G. MacGregor

Publisher: Institute of Applied Art, Ltd.; First Edition edition (1952)

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Negotiating the Numbered Treaties

An Intellectual and Political Biography of Alexander Morris

Author & Copyright: @2009 Robert J. Talbot

ISBN: 978-1-895830-36-1

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Paddle Wheels to Bucket Wheels

Author: James G. MacGregor

(I apologize.  My copy does not contain any other information)

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