Fonds 0592 - Beaverlodge & District Historical Association fonds

The Beaverlodge & District Historical Association was founded to preserve and publish the history of the Beaverlodge area. In 1974 they published "Beaverlodge to the Rockies", containing the history of and family stories from the rural communities of Albright, Appleton, Bush Lake, Elmworth, Gimle, Halcourt, Hayfield, Hazelmere, Hinton Trail, Lower Beaverlodge, Mountain Trail, Rio Grande, Two Rivers and West End, as well as the Old Town, the New Town and Rural Beaverlodge. The editor for this project was E. C. Stacy, assisted by associate editors Madelon Truax, Percy Hunkin, and Evelyn Stacey, and artist Euphemia McNaught. They were "highly pleased with the public response to Beaverlodge to the Rockies" but were soon back at work, writing the "Supplement to Beaverlodge to the Rockies" in 1976 with the acknowledgement "that there was not complete coverage of the district" and a supplement was needed "so that more of the regional history can be recorded." This time, associate editor Audrey Lowe and cartographer Isabel Perry joined the team. Because of their dedication to the history of the area, archival material was being donated to the Historical Association, some of it relating to the Monkman Pass Highway. This story of a highway south of Beaverlodge built by volunteer labour during the Great Depression caught the attention of Madelon Truax, who wrote a book called "People of the Pass" with the assistance of her sister, Beth Sheehan. In 1988 the Historical Association assisted with the publication of this book as well.