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The second Guichon hotel, New Westminster

The second Guichon hotel, New Westminster
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 […]
108 Mile House

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 […]
The Lequime ranch house

The Lequime ranch house

The residence on the Lequime ranch, beside their first general store, 1872.
Ruins of Gaspard grist mill

Ruins of Gaspard grist mill

At Dog Creek, Isidore Versepuech began to profitably grow several strains of wheat at his new Gaspard ranch. He also opened a flour mill with business partner Charles […]
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’s family with pet bear cub

Bryson Patenaude’s family with pet bear cub
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 […]
Guichon hotel, Port Guichon

Guichon hotel, Port Guichon
Port Guichon pier

Port Guichon pier
Louis Joseph Antoine Globe Minaberriet’s barn at the Basque ranch

Louis Joseph Antoine Globe Minaberriet’s barn at the Basque ranch