Haulin' Moose

W.R. Day Driving Pete and Nellie
at Edmonton Exhibition (1911)

W.R. (Billy aka Buffalo Bill) Day found these young moose near Baptiste Lake in 1910, and reared them by bottle.  He broke them to drive during the winter of 1910, and made deliveries of mail and supplies to Wabasca, Edmonton, Pelican Mountains, Calling Lake, Athabasca, Colinton, Rochester, Tawatinaw, Clyde, Legal, Carbondale and St. Albert.  Buffalo Bill and his wife also ran a store at Calling Lake.

Thank you Provincial Archives of Alberta for the photos and story.