Lewis Swift
Lewis Swift was born in 1854 in Ohio. His early adventures may have included driving a stagecoach in South Dakota and seeking his fortune staking mining claims in the United States and later in Canada. After prospecting in British Columbia, Swift made his way into the Athabasca valley and settled at Jasper House, the abandoned […]
Indigenous People in the Athabasca Valley
The Athabasca Valley has been home to Indigenous people for thousands of years. Many groups travelled through this area hunting and gathering and evidence of their presence has been discovered in many of Jasper’s valleys. When Europeans first arrived in the area, they relied on Indigenous knowledge to travel through the mountain passes and survive […]