Timber Trails

History of Big River and District Compiled by the Big River Historical Society
Click on the active links below to read the chapters
Introduction	Indian Settlement	The Mill Story
Business	Natural Resources	Big River School
Communications	Hospital	Churches
Police	Big River	Items of Interest
Transportation	Freight Swing Era	Fishing Industry
Homesteading	Reflections Part 1	Reflections Part 2
Organizations	Big River - 2019	Recreation
Districts Part 1	Districts Part 2	Districts Part 3
Districts Part 4	Districts Part 5	Districts Part 6
Families Part 1	Families Part 2	Families Part 3
Families Part 4	Families Part 5	Families Part 6
Families Part 7	Families Part 8	Families Part 9
Families Part 10	Families Part 11	Families Part 12
Families Part 13	Families Part 14	Ed Dahlby

Webmasters Note

Timber Trails, the history of the Town of Big River and District, has been reproduced on this web site with the kind permission of the Members of the Big River Historical Committee.

Courtesy

Committee Members wish to express a sincere thank you to all who have contributed
or, assisted in any way in compiling this history.

Special thanks is extended to the following:

The Saskatchewan Archives Board in Saskatoon and Regina.

The Upgrading Class of 1978 for the use of,
"The True Gateway To The North".

The Saskatchewan Timber Board in Prince Albert.

Mr. Frank Mitchie, Mrs. Myrtle Telford, Mrs. Rhoda Johnston, Mrs. Margaret
Swanson, Mr. Nels Edson, Mr. Miles Isbister, Mr. and Mrs. Leverton.

The Young Canada Works Program and the three students
who worked on the history book this summer:

Lorna Michel, Cindy Kennedy, Harvey Anderson.

The proof readers were: Mrs. Janice Wood, Lee Cooper, Rev. Jamie Scott.

Committee members of the history book are:

Mary Michel (Editor), Dorothy McTaggart,
Barbara Bradley, Aileen Daley,
Tom Michel, Mabel Hodgson,
Therese Kazmiruk, Mary "Bill" Pankoski,
Betty Lamothe, Ethel Kennedy,
Barbara Warriner, Kathy Panter, Sylvia Martin.

All Rights Reserved
This book may not be printed in whole or in part without the
permission of Big River History Book Committee,
Big River, Saskatchewan.

Printed by
Turner - Warwick Printers Ltd.
North Battleford, Saskatchewan - 1979