Danny Roberts, Ka-da-te'h (1925 - 2000)

Danny Roberts was born and raised at Fort Selkirk. His father, Luke, cut wood for the steamers in the summer and trapped in the winter.¹⁾ Danny also made his living at Selkirk cutting wood, working on the boats, trapping and working at the nearby Pelly River Ranch.²⁾ He took the odd trip into Pelly to socialize but had only been to Whitehorse three times by 1985. He could not believe the changes between visits. Roberts never owned a vehicle and thought the use of snowmobiles made modern trapper weak. In the summer, he travelled mostly by boat.³⁾

In 1980, Danny was hired by Yukon Historic Sites as the caretaker and interpreter on site at Fort Selkirk, a job he did for twenty years.⁴⁾ Danny, his wife Abby, and their daughter Lois greeted canoeists and kayakers who stopped at the historic site. Roberts was instrumental in piecing together Fort Selkirk’s history for today’s interpreters.⁵⁾