William Hume

William Hume was of Scot descent.1) He was a member of the North-West Mounted Police and was stationed at Dalton Post/Shäwshe in 1902.2) He was the officer at the Dalton Trail customs at Champagne in 1906.3) Hume and Lily Kuskataheen, of Southern Tutchone descent, married and stayed in the area to raise five children. The family moved to Haines Junction in 1950.4)

1) , 4)
Charlene Hume, “David William Hume Sr. Da Ke Ch'ada ghu” in From First We Met to Internet: Stories from Haines Junction's first Sixty-Five Years as a Settlement. Yukon College, 2007: 61-62.
2)
NWMP Annual Report 1899: 105-106 in Ellen Harris, “A History of the Development of Settlements in the Shakwak Area.” Paper for Education 479. University of British Columbia, March 1981 :6-8.
3)
Kathy Van Bibber, “A Glimpse of the beginning: Champagne Business and Social Buildings.” Champagne and Aishihik First Nations and YTG Heritage Branch. 1993.