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Walters, June
20th Century, Circa 1945
Circle W Ranch, Deadman's Creek Valley, British Columbia, Canada


Credits:
Edward Villiers

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Through Bud Walters' efforts, British Columbia was put on the map as a destination spot for sports fishermen.

In 1945, he and Dora sold their ranch, moved their sawmill to Duck Range east of Kamloops, acquired a timber limit, and began to cut and sell lumber. Both his sons, Jack and Doug, worked with him. At the age of 65, when other men think about retirement, Bud considered building a new fishing lodge up the North Thompson River, but the site he wanted was not for sale, so he and Dora bought a house on two acres in the town of Chase, some fifty miles east of Kamloops, where Bud got a job as a night watchman in a sawmill.

Bud and Dora lived in Chase for several years, until Bud passed away in 1969, followed by Dora in 1977. The house that the freighted up from Walhachin in 1924 is still lived in, and the fishing lodge is still in operation, hosting the grandchildren of many of the guests that stayed with Bud and Dora so many years ago.


Source: Villiers, Edward "Bud Walters, Cowboy and Pioneer of Deadman's Creek". Maple Ridge, 2004.

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Walters, Family
Circa 1925
Circle W Ranch, Deadman's Creek Valley, British Columbia, Canada


Credits:
Edward Villiers

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Walters, Bud
Circa 1940?
Circle W Ranch, Deadman's Creek Valley, British Columbia, Canada


Credits:
Edward Villiers