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Shelly Boyd Interview – Salmon

An interview with Shelly Boyd, Arrow Lakes facilitator for Colville Confederated Tribes, where she discusses Salmon and the ceremony at Kettle Falls. Title Screen: Circular logo on a […]

Eileen Delehanty Pearkes Interview – Salmon

Eileen Delehanty Pearkes, author of A River Captured, discusses the events that led to the loss of the salmon in the region. Title Screen: Circular logo on a […]

Bill Green Interview – Sturgeon

Bill Green, director of the Canadian Columbia River Inter-tribal Fisheries Commission, discusses the declining sturgeon population along the Columbia. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo […]

Harold Catherwood Interview – Burning Buildings

Harold Catherwood, former resident of Sidmouth, discusses his family burning their buildings. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is an image of four waves turning […]

Bill Green Interview – Salmon Negotiations

Bill Green, director of the Canadian Columbia River Inter-tribal Fisheries Commission, discusses the process of fighting to bring the salmon back. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black […]

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 […]

Brian Gawiuk Interview – Discussing the Hall Family

Brian Gawiuk discusses the Hall family’s move to the coast due to the incoming dam. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is an image of […]

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 […]

Joe Kozek Horse Logging Near Twelve Mile, circa 1950

Joe Kozek is horse logging near Twelve Mile, south of Revelstoke. Logging took place throughout the valley. Joe Kozek and his brothers had a portable mill near Twelve […]

Ukrainian Children’s Band, 1940

The Ukrainian Children’s Band performed at an International Folk Dance program at the YMCA in Revelstoke on March 21, 1940, under the direction of Willie Cwikula. They played […]

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 […]