Findlay Beaton
	
Findlay Beaton had a large wood camp at Minto, and other camps up and down the Yukon River. He had one missing arm and had a hook on the other but could still swing an axe.((Yukon Archives, Yukon River Oral History Project, 81/32, tape 6, Johnny Hoggan.)) He was listed as a wood cutter in 1911-12.((Fort Selkirk section of //Polks Oregon and Washington Gazetteer and Directory,// 1911-1912: 506.)) Beaton’s wood camp at Minto included a small store for people in the area. He lived there year-round. Indigenous people cut wood for him, travelling up and down the river in family groups wherever there was wood to be cut.((Yukon Archives, Harry Breaden interviewed by Cal Waddington for Parks and Historic Sites, July - September 1978. Yukon River Aural History Project. YA Acc # 81/32)) Around 1933, there were roadhouses along the Overland Trail at Braeburn, Carmacks, Yukon Crossing, Pelly Crossing, Stewart Crossing, and Summit Lake. Beaton's place at Minto was available in an emergency in case the cat drivers got into trouble.((Yukon Archives, John D. Scott. //A Life in the Yukon.// Unpublished manuscript, 1992: 48-49.)) Beaton left his dog, Dawson, with the Bradleys at Pelly Ranch when he moved out in 1953 or 1954.((Yukon Archives, Bradley family fonds, 78/1 #40 caption.))