Category: The 1920s

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, […]

J.P. Patenaude and family members

The family patriarch often played on the J.P. acronym of his name and his title (Justice of the Peace).    

Bryson Patenaude and client with bear kill

Bryson Patenaude’s family with pet bear cub

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 […]