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Harold Catherwood Interview – Negotiations

Harold Catherwood, former Sidmouth resident, discusses the negotiation process with BC Hydro. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is an image of four waves turning […]

Walter Bobicki Interview – Negotiations

Walter Bobicki, whose family was displaced from their land four miles south of Revelstoke, discusses the negotiation process with BC Hydro. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black […]

Aerial View of McKinnon’s Standard Dairy Farm, circa 1950

Hector and Delia McKinnon began operating Standard Dairy farm in Revelstoke in 1916. Hector McKinnon died in a fire on an adjoining farm in 1929, and his wife […]

Catherwood Family Farm, circa 1960

Patricia Catherwood and half-brother Leonard Lazzarotto on the Catherwood farm near Sidmouth, circa 1960.

Catherwood Family Farm, circa 1960

The Catherwood farm was first established at Sproat, near the community of Sidmouth, in 1934. It was a viable cattle farm until the mid-1960s when Harold Catherwood’s property […]

Brian Gawiuk Interview – Burning the Buildings

Brian Gawiuk, former Mount Cartier resident, discusses the burning of his family’s farm to clear the land for BC Hydro. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. […]

Gawiuk Family Interview – “We were lucky”

An interview with the Gawiuk family, discussing the impact of the High Keenleyside Dam on their property in Mount Cartier. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. […]

Gawiuk Family Interview – Clearing the Land

Ron Gawiuk discusses the clearing of the land by BC Hydro for the Hugh Keenleyside Dam. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is an image […]