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 James “Jim” Cook (1933 – 2015)
-Jim Cook was born in Winnipeg. He and his wife Dorothy were together for sixty years. They owned and operated Koidern River Fishing Lodge at Mile 1164 on the Alaska Highway south of Beaver Creek.((//Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 23 January 2015.)) Jim built and opened the lodge in 1969. The building blew down in big storm in 1972 and they rebuilt it.
+Jim Cook was born in Winnipeg. He and his wife Dorothy were together for sixty years. They owned and operated Koidern River Fishing Lodge at Mile 1164 on the Alaska Highway south of Beaver Creek.((//Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 23 January 2015.)) Jim built and opened the lodge in 1969. The building blew down in big storm in 1972 and they rebuilt it.((Elizabeth Symon, "Posted to the Yukon" in Sam Holloway, editor, //The Yukon Reader,// Volume Two, 2024: 143.))
+The couple sold souvenirs, snacks, pop, and gas/diesel. Services included a pay phone.((“Historic Alaska Highway Lodges & Roadhouses: Koidern River Lodge.” //ExploreNorth,// 2020 website:  http://www.explorenorth.com/library/roads/alaska_highway_lodges3.html)) There is a photo of Jim and Dorothy in Holloway's //Yukon Reader,// Volume 2 (2024).((Elizabeth Symon, "Posted to the Yukon" in Sam Holloway, editor, //The Yukon Reader,// Volume Two, 2024: 143.))
-The couple sold souvenirs, snacks, pop, and gas/diesel. Services included a pay phone.((“Historic Alaska Highway Lodges & Roadhouses: Koidern River Lodge.” //ExploreNorth,// 2020 website:  http://www.explorenorth.com/library/roads/alaska_highway_lodges3.html))
 Jim became ill in 2009 and was in and out of the hospital for years. He is remembered as a true pioneer of settlers along the Alaska Highway.((//Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 23 January 2015.)) Dorothy Cook advertised the ten-acre property for sale in 2016.((“Historic Alaska Highway Lodges & Roadhouses: Koidern River Lodge.” //ExploreNorth,// 2020 website:  http://www.explorenorth.com/library/roads/alaska_highway_lodges3.html))