Deke Hammell was born in Toronto in 1947 and died in Jasper in 2024. He came west in 1970 and worked at Marmot Basin, Maligne Lake and Parks Canada where he was a JNP dispatcher until his retirement. Deke’s cartoons were published in the Jasper Booster, the Fitzhugh and the Jasper Local.
We hope you enjoy our “A Dose of Deke”.
The Jasper Story was a musical theatre production portraying Jasper’s history from the years 1825-1908. The cast and crew were all Jasper residents. It was
Between 1962 and 1964 a CN/CP communication tower was constructed on the top of Pyramid Mountain. About 20 feet was blasted off the top of
1912-13 Travel up the Maligne Valley began when volunteers built the first bridge across the Athabasca River at Fort Point. A trail was cut between