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Loutit family fonds
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10 photographs. - 1 audio cassette
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William Cornwallis Loutit (1877-1947) was the son of Peter Loutit and Ellen Flett. His siblings were: Peter, Alex, George, John, Thomas, Fred, Edith, Flora and Kathleen. In 1916 William married Agatha Ladouceour in Athabasca. Their children were: Matthew (died young), David, Peter, Paul, Laurie, Ellen, Tanny, Lola and Sarah. William worked for the Hudson's Bay Co.as a mail carrier, manager of Poplar Point outpost, a river pilot, and master of two boats. He guided Ernest Thompson Seton on a 2,000 mile Arctic trip described in The Arctic Prairies, 1911, using only a compass. The maps that he made were so accurate that they are still used today. He was a fur buyer, a carpenter, a square dance caller, and chopped cord wood for steamships. Loutit Lake is named after him. His wife, Agatha, tanned and beaded hides, played the accordion and fiddle for dances, grew a big garden, made syrup from birch sap and acted as midwife for women in the Athabasca River, Fort McKay and Poplar Point areas. In 1904, Billy ran to Fort Edmonton to get help as the Hudson's Bay warehouses were flooded when the river backed up behind an ice dam. Accounts state that he ran the distance in 23 hours. Athabasca has named a Winter Despatch (cross-country skiing/ snow shoeing) and a summer triathlon in honour of Billy's feat.
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The fonds consists of 10 photograhs including Billy and Agatha's wedding, their children, the 1919 Fort McMurray Board of Trade, running the Grand Rapids, the SS Athabasca River in 1937, and the SS Northland Echo. There is also an audio cassette taped in 2003 of a conversation with Billy's daughter, Ellen Bishop; her daughter, Carol Yayechnick; and a nephew, William Loutit. The tape is digitized: http://digicon.athabascau.ca/cdm/singleitem/collection/AthaArch/id/1598/rec/1
The family were in Athabasca to assist in the first Billy Loutit Triathlon.
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Donations were made by Ellen Bishop(Loutit) in 2003 and Sarah Parke(Loutit) in 2004.
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- The material is in English.
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94.11
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Record No. 03.14 (Photo#16104, Tape# 195), 04.22 (Photo# 16105-16113)<br><br>
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- Loutit (family) (Subject)