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Haying on the McKinnon’s Standard Dairy Farm, circa 1940

Bringing in the hay in the field on the McKinnon’s Standard Dairy farm circa 1940.

Revelstoke Baseball Park, 1962

Revelstoke’s Centennial Park ballfields were first built in 1958 as Revelstoke’s community project for the British Columbia Centennial. Within the next ten years, the fields were raised by […]

Artym Ozero and Family, circa 1920

Artym and Pelagra (Polly) Ozero came to Mount Cartier in 1913 from Ukraine with their family. This family photograph from about 1920 shows Eva Ozero with husband Bill […]

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.

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 […]

Sheleski Family Haying at Mount Cartier, circa 1950

Walter and Daisy Sheleski are on the hay wagon, with Walter’s mother, Anna Sheleski, standing in the field. Most of the families at Mount Cartier had 20 to […]

Tunnel of the Great Western Mines, 1897

Tunnel of the Great Western Mines at Whiskey Point, on the northeast arm of the Upper Arrow Lake, just east of Arrowhead, July 8, 1897. Significant mining took […]

Sinixt on the Arrow Lakes, circa 1895

Sinixt people on the Arrow Lakes, circa 1895. The Sinixt people are in the distinctive sturgeon-nosed canoe used by their nation. A second canoe is overturned on the […]

Nancy Martin Interview – Leaving Arrowhead

Nancy Martin discusses when her family left Arrowhead. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is an image of four waves turning into wheat on the […]

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. […]