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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 […]

View of Mount Begbie and Revelstoke, circa 1945

Mount Begbie and the city of Revelstoke showing the Columbia River circa 1945, prior to the construction of the Hugh Keenleyside Dam. The dam flooded acres of land, […]

Columbia River and Mount Cartier Ukrainian Settlement, circa 1925

Hundreds of settlers from Ukraine came to Mount Cartier, south of Revelstoke, in the early 1900s and created thriving homesteads. They were forced off their farms in the […]