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Mountain Biking on Revelstoke Greenbelt, circa 2020

The “flats” south of Revelstoke, once settled farmland, now provide recreational opportunities for people. Biking is one of the favourite activities in the flats, along with bird-watching, dog […]

Burning the Notice of Extinction, 2022

Shelly Boyd, Sinixt/Arrow Lakes Facilitator for Colville Confederated Tribes, is seen here at Nelson, B.C., June 10, 2022, throwing a rolled document into a specially built fire barrel. […]

Bruce Tillen Interview – Negotiations

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

Bruce Tillen Interview – Clearing the Land

Bruce Tillen, former Arrowhead resident, discusses the process of BC Hydro clearing the land for the Hugh Keenleyside Dam. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo […]

Farewell Minto, 1954

The dredge on the Arrow Lakes decorated to salute the SS Minto on its final voyage, April 24, 1954. The banner reads: ‘Farewell “MINTO”. Well done old girl!!!’”

Dennis (Danny) Gawiuk on the Family Farm, 1932

Dennis Paul (Danny) Gawiuk was born at Mount Cartier on November 1, 1930. He grew up on the farm and farmed the land himself until it was purchased […]

Mount Cartier, Post Office with James Ozero, Postmaster, circa 1965

James Ozero came to Mount Cartier as a teenager in 1913, and raised his own family in the community. He was postmaster for many years until the Mount […]

Shelly Boyd Interview – Connection to the Water

An interview with Shelly Boyd, Arrow Lakes facilitator for Colville Confederated Tribes, where she talks about the connection to the water and the river. Title Screen: Circular logo […]

Shelly Boyd Interview – Displacement

An interview with Shelly Boyd, Arrow Lakes facilitator for Colville Confederated Tribes, where she discusses the displacement of the Sinixt. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. […]

Kate Borucz Interview – Modernization of the Columbia River Treaty

Kate Borucz, executive director of the North Columbia Environmental Society, discusses the modernization of the Columbia River Treaty. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is […]

Bill Green Interview – Modernization of the Columbia River Treaty & the Environment

Bill Green, director of the Canadian Columbia River Inter-tribal Fisheries Commission, discusses the environmental aspect of the modernization of the Columbia River Treaty. Title Screen: Circular logo on […]

Kate Borucz Interview – Living with the Land

Kate Borucz, executive director of the North Columbia Environmental Society, discusses peoples’ connection to the river. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is an image […]