Cars and horse-drawn wagons in front of Athabasca Creameries and Power House. Athabasca Archives AA05103a

About Us

Athabasca Heritage Society (AHS) is an organization of people from the town and county who believe in recovering and celebrating the rich heritage of the Athabasca region; its natural history, growth and settlement, and our stories which are interpreted through cultural and educational interactions.

Athabasca Heritage Society's objectives are

• To benefit the community by restoring, preserving, and maintaining heritage sites in the Town of Athabasca
• To educate the public about the history of the Town of Athabasca by
  • conducting public and school tours,
  • researching and interpreting the history of Athabasca,
  • producing and maintaining outdoor heritage signs and public displays.
• To undertake activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above charitable purposes.
• To promote public awareness of the cultural and historical heritage of the Athabasca region.
• To promote awareness of the history of Athabasca Landing and its importance as a transportation centre.
• To further understanding of the cultural history of the aboriginal peoples, settlers, and families who founded or settled in the Athabasca region.
• To work towards making public the rich history of the region through visual, participatory, or other methods of promoting awareness and understanding.
• To support the formation of a financial foundation with the long-term goal of raising funds to promote and support community heritage projects in the Athabasca region.

Executive
Chair: Margaret Anderson
Vice-Chair: Mike Gismondi
Secretary: Mike MacLean
Treasurer: Leslie Zacharuk
Members At Large: Mark Fabbro and Severna Bosik
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