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Joseph Pigeon

Joseph Pigeon

Born in 1843 in Roxton Pond QC, died in 1935 in Agassiz BC.  Though illiterate, Joseph was a tailor then a hotelier in Roxton Pond QC. In retirement, […]
Ranch house at Grandview ranch

Ranch house at Grandview ranch
Jessie Pigeon, née Sinclair

Jessie Pigeon, née Sinclair

In a 1975 CBC interview, Jessie Sinclair explained her work. She was the first woman in BC to hold these positions, as of 1928 in Williams Lake: “[As […]
Frontier architecture in the Cariboo

Frontier architecture in the Cariboo

 
Brothers Rusty and Roger Patenaude on the origins of the 53 Mile Ranch

Brothers Rusty and Roger Patenaude on the origins of the 53 Mile Ranch

Transcription ROGER – “The general store is what brought us to the 53 because my Grandpa Bryson went to work for the women that ran the store, the […]
Bryson Patenaude and client with bear kill

Bryson Patenaude and client with bear kill
Hope Patenaude at the telegraph key

Hope Patenaude at the telegraph key

Hope Patenaude was a cougar bounty hunter for years, which evolved into champion trap-shooting.  
On the range at the Guichon ranch

On the range at the Guichon ranch
The Quilchena hotel in Quilchena

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 […]
Gertrude Guichon, ranch hand at the Quilchena ranch

Gertrude Guichon, ranch hand at the Quilchena ranch
L.P. Guichon receiving doctorate at the University of British Columbia

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

     
Guichon hotel, Port Guichon

Guichon hotel, Port Guichon
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