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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 […]

Harold Catherwood Interview – Protesting the Dam

An interview with Harold Catherwood where he discusses protesting with a small group at the dam site. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is an […]

Mount Cartier Plaque at Revelstoke Cemetery, 2022

The Mount Cartier cemetery was closed and covered in the 1960s in preparation for the creation of the Arrow Lakes reservoir. A single plaque with the names of […]

Burning of Ukrainian Catholic Church, 1967

St. Ann’s Catholic Church was built at the Mount Cartier settlement in 1921. It was dynamited in October of 1966 by unknown persons and was burned down the […]

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 […]

Moving the McKinnon Log House, 1967

Delia McKinnon made one thing clear – she was not about to lose her home that she had lived in since 1916. When the family was forced to […]

Hall’s Landing School, 1911

The first school at Hall’s Landing in 1911 was a small log structure. The students were Byron Trussler, Nelson Nichol, Roy Nichol, Dora Nichol, Alex Shannon, Betty Trussler, […]

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 […]

Moving Beaton School, 1968

The Beaton School was moved 17 km from Beaton to Trout Lake in 1968. The trip was a treacherous one over a narrow winding road. The building is […]

Children at Beaton School, 1953

The Beaton School was built in 1951. This photograph of the children posing on the front of the building was taken by teacher Doris Warkentin, who came to […]

SS Kootenay Approaching Beaton, circa 1900

The paddlewheeler steamship Kootenay is approaching the landing at Beaton, circa 1900.