Albert Fuhre (1929 – 2010)
Albert Fuhre was born in Edmonton.1) He was a well-known artist who lived in the Yukon for forty-six years. Fuhre was the mayor of Dawson in 1973. His family included wife Allanah, brothers Maynard Fuhre and Bill Hakonson, and sister Kory Mayes.2)
In 1971 and 1998 Fuhre led campaigns to save the most photographed building in Dawson, The Guns and Ammo Building. In 1971 he led a one-man campaign that resulted in him raising over $600 to purchase the building from Martin Dennis Victor III and donating it to the Klondike Visitors Association (KVA). In 1998, KVA was faced with three choices for the building: fence it off and leave it as it is, maintain it as a building in distress for as long as possible, or replace the building with a replica. KVA set up a trust fund to accept donations for the preservation of the building.3) Ten pieces of art by Albert Fuhre are held by the Dawson City Museum.4)