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Percy Pigeon

Percy Pigeon

The exploits of the Dambuster Squadron, Percy Pigeon’s flight crew, became the subject of the popular 1955 British film ”The Dam Busters”, and the surviving participants, including Percy, […]
The Circle U ranch at Marten Creek

The Circle U ranch at Marten Creek

The original section (l.) was built in 1906 and the addition is from 1914. The house burned down in 1976. Marten Creek and Lake were renamed Patenaude Creek […]
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
Bryson Patenaude’s family with pet bear cub

Bryson Patenaude’s family with pet bear cub
Gold nuggets from the Patenaude ranch

Gold nuggets from the Patenaude ranch
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
Joseph and Joséphine Guichon

Joseph and Joséphine Guichon
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
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