Category: Economic History

Moïse “Moses” Pigeon

Moïse Pigeon (1841-1900), also known as “Moses”, circa 1880. Source: Don Logan, Dog Creek: 100 Years, Trafford Publishing, 2007, p.7  

Indigenous baskets in the Minnabarriet home

For more information on Métis in BC, see https://www.mnbc.ca/about/metis-history

The second Guichon hotel, New Westminster

Ernest Patenaude at Harper’s camp

Ernest Patenaude, left, at Harper’s Camp, today the village of Horsefly, near the present-day city of Williams Lake BC, 1896.  Alex Meiss is seated in the buggy, and […]

Map of ranches and sites mentioned in the exhibition

89 ranch (P. Audap)  1 153 Mile ranch (J.P. Patenaude)        2 Basque ranch (L.A. Minaberriet)        3 Boucherie ranch (I. Boucherie)          9 Chapperon Lake ranch (L. & J. Guichon)        […]

108 Mile House

Roadhouses along the Cariboo gold rush trail of the 1860s were identified by their distance from “Mile 0” at Lillooet, BC, so 108 Mile House (or simply “108 […]

Statue of Father Charles Pandosy

For more information on the sculpture, see https://sites.google.com/site/pandosysculpture/ For more information on the Mission site, see http://fatherpandosy.com and https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=3331 For more information on the Brothers’ Dwelling, see https://www.kelowna.ca/our-community/arts-culture-heritage/heritage/heritage-register/brothers-dwelling-house

Louis Antoine Minaberriet

Louis Antoine Minaberriet is considered the first Basque in BC, arriving around 1858, looking for gold in the Thompson valley. Some two years later, Louis Antoine returned to […]

Deerskin moccasins made by Nancy Frances

Deerskin moccasins made by Nancy Frances, of Nlaka’pamux and Nez Perce descent, wife of Louis Joseph Antoine Globe, son of La’staa and Louis Antoine. She often sold moccasins […]

Barn on the Basque ranch