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Hope Patenaude at the telegraph key

Hope Patenaude was a cougar bounty hunter for years, which evolved into champion trap-shooting.

Author Branwen C. Patenaude

Branwen Patenaude was born of British parents in Shanghai, China, where she and her brothers lived a sheltered childhood. The family moved to West Vancouver in 1941, and […]

The Patenaude family performing

Ciel and Marin Patenaude (from the l.) perform with Jason and Pharis Romero, along with (not pictured) Brent Morton, Brandon Hoffman and Mark Jenkins during the 10th […]

Geoff Patenaude explains how his children joined him on stage

Transcription “We were called Geoff Patenaude and the Goose Lake Raiders. And that’s what we played as until Expo 86. So when I invited the three girls to […]

Pharis Romero on coming back to your roots

To view EN or FR subtitles, click on the gear wheel at bottom right of screen while the video is playing. Transcription “I moved back to Horsefly ten […]

The Guichon brothers and their wives

Joseph and Joséphine Guichon

The Quilchena hotel in Quilchena

Gerard Guichon’s cousin Guy Rose (son of Joseph’s daughter Virginia) and his wife Hilde acquired the hotel and an important portion of the ranch, which became the Quilchena […]

L.P. Guichon receiving doctorate at the University of British Columbia

Guichon family house, Port Guichon

Until a church could be built at Port Guichon, the village’s Catholic services were held in the house’s parlour.

Band at Williams Lake barn dance

Second from the right, Jimmy Isnardy joins the dance band at Williams Lake, early 1960s.