Chamberlain Margret

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by Angus McLean

Margaret Chamberlain, mother of May Chamberlain Bergstrom and Guy Chamberlain, came to the Elk Point area in 1915 or 1916. She was a very ambitious lady for the times and established her trading post in a tent on the outskirts of town. She sold many trinkets, feathers, hats, etc., to the early settlers and to the Indians in the area.

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Margaret Chamberlain at her trading post, 1916, near Elk Point. Most of her trade was with the Indians