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.1) He was listed as a wood cutter in 1911-12.2) 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.3) 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.4) Beaton left his dog, Dawson, with the Bradleys at Pelly Ranch when he moved out in 1953 or 1954.5)