Athabasca Landing
This was once the "jumping off point" for the vast northland. Here in 1887 the first steamboat "Athabasca" was built to ply the river between Mirror Landing and Grand Rapids.
Steamboats superceded the canoe, York boat, and scow, and were replaced themselves a few decades later by the railway.
Marker is at the intersection of 49 Avenue (Alberta Route 55) and 48 Avenue on 49 Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
