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Roy Buttle
Roy Buttle took over the Taylor and Drury trading post at Ross River in 1916.1) Buttle and Claude and Mary Tidd were the only permanent residents in the community. When Tidd had to leave Ross in 1930 due to ill health, the community pitched in to help and Buttle dug Mary’s flower garden.2)
Buttle Creek is 419 km from Watson Lake on the Campbell Highway, near Grew Creek and below Lapie Canyon.
1)
Dr. Norman E. Kagan, “A History of Ross River, Yukon.” ExploreNorth, 2019 website: http://www.explorenorth.com/yukon/ross_river-history.html
2)
“Return to Wilderness Idyll: Ross River” and “Unexpected Departure.” Yukon Romance – A Virtual Exhibit. 2019 website: http://www.yukonromance.ca/en/romance/ross/adventure.php?topNav=rom&subNav=ros
b/r_buttle.txt · Last modified: 2024/10/08 13:56 by sallyr