In early fall of 1959 the community gathered on the government dock for an impromtu dance.
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| Government dock on the evening of the dance. |
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| Melvin, HBC clerk, in the yellow shirt. Possibly Lloyd Flett standing on the fuel drum. Frank Ladouceur* playing the fiddle. Sonia Popowich, public school teacher, in the striped sweater. My Mom in the red coat. Mabel Fraser in the white coat. Above Mom is Mabel's two-story house that was built by her father John James Loutit. |
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| Lily Wylie** in the blue dress, Leo Tuccaro, Charlie Bruno, Albert Voyageur dancing, Jessie Flett above his arm, Melvin Hansen in the suit dancing. |
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| Barry Shields, HBC clerk, in the red shirt, Virginia Stewart in the white blouse, Sonia Popowich dancing with the happy guy. |
* Frank Ladouceur was active in promoting Métis pride and heritage through his community activism and family traditions. Frank's great great grandfather Joseph Ladouceur moved from Quebec to Lac La Biche in 1804 to trade for fur. Frank's father Modeste left the family business in Plamondon to trap in the Athabasca delta when the prospects for Métis on the prairies had become grim. Each generation of Ladouceurs have maintained their French and Cree roots in language, music, and enthusiasm for living on the land.
** The red roof barely visible above Frank's head is Lily's home which is now Lily's on Wylie Bed and Breakfast.
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