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Ernest Patenaude at Harper’s camp

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 […]
Nancy Frances

Nancy Frances

Nancy Frances (1877-1970) was of the Nlaka’pamux and Nez Perce First Nations. Her Indigenous name was Mourning Dove. She was raised by Chief Timothy Shamahallsee at P’kaist, near […]
Recollections by Daryl Minnabarriet on his great-grandfather’s second mariage

Recollections by Daryl Minnabarriet on his great-grandfather’s second mariage

Daryl Minnabarriet is the only child of Louis Joseph “Joe” Minnabarriet (1911-1981) and Florence Marie Minnabarriet (née Lafleur, 1923-2001). Daryl’s father is the fourth of six children of […]
Roping champion Percy Minnabarriet

Roping champion Percy Minnabarriet

Louis Antoine and La’staa’s great-grandson Percy was a champion calf-roper and All Around Cowboy who won his first steer-riding competition at age 16. In 1979, Pro Rodeo Canada […]
Mike Isnardy heading out on a cattle drive

Mike Isnardy heading out on a cattle drive

Rupert Michael “Mike” Isnardy (1923-2004), eldest child of Jimmy and Evelyn, was well respected as a horseman. On his Springhouse ranch, he raised cattle as well as bucking […]
Mike Isnardy’s prize saddle

Mike Isnardy’s prize saddle

Some of Mike Isnardy’s winnings are now artifacts at the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame, Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin, Williams Lake, including the prize saddle presented to […]
Ranch house at Grandview ranch

Ranch house at Grandview ranch
Bryson Patenaude and client with bear kill

Bryson Patenaude and client with bear kill
Bryson Patenaude’s family with pet bear cub

Bryson Patenaude’s family with pet bear cub
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.