Born on Snowshoes Written by Evelyn Berglund Shore First Published 1954
BORN ON SNOWSHOES They trapped all winter, hunted muskrats in the spring, and floated down to Fort Yukon during breakup to sell furs and resupply.
Three girls, their mother and an old man, 280 miles deep in the wilderness, running traplines for a living. It may seem like an odd combination, but it was reality for much of Evelyn Berglund Shore’s young life. George Berglund and his brother caught gold fever during the Klondike gold rush of 1898. They returned years later to work mining claims, searching for riches along the Yukon River for years. George met and married Maude, and they had several children. When mining didn’t work out, George and family took to the trapline to catch fur.
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