William Schofield
William Schofield came into the Yukon in 1898. He mined and was a mining recorder in the Dawson area. The year after the First World War ended, he and partners Art Zimerlee and Alex Coward, took over the old Pitt buildings at Fort Selkirk and set up a base for hunting, trapping and trading. Coward broke out of the partnership, but Schofield and Zimerlee carried on and later had an outpost some 300 miles up the Pelly and Macmillan rivers at Russell Creek.1) The Russell Creek trading post permit was issued to Schofield and Zimmerlee in 1938. The same permit was issued to Artie Zimmerlee in 1939 and 1941.2) Zimerlee took on the trading there while Schofield looked after the store at Selkirk. The Hudson’s Bay Company bought out their business and put J. Forrest in charge of the store.3)