70 Mile House (B.C.)

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[Browning family collection, part 3] : [items 24 to 34]

Amateur film footage. This reel includes the following items:

  1. At Browning Lake cabin.
  2. Sports Day June 1932 St. Clare.
  3. Beach hotel after fire; log boom; rough day on Howe Sound -- December 1933.
  4. Wedding at Britannia, August 1933.
  5. California?, April 1935.
  6. July 1 1936 at townsite.
  7. Browning children & others at play, etc., [192-].
  8. Father Flanagan's boys' home and other New York locations, [ca. 1940].
  9. West coast forest.
  10. Beach May 24 1940.
  11. PGE Quesnel Cariboo mines 1933. A trip to the Cariboo via the steamboat "Lady Alexandra" and the PGE railway. Quesnel, Barkerville, 70 Mile House. The Cariboo Quartz and Island Mountain Mines (?). Fraser Canyon views.

Mrs. Matt "Ma" Porter interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-30 SUMMARY: Mrs. Matt Porter, known as "Ma", of 70 Mile House, reminisces about her life in the Cariboo between 1890 and 1964.

Roy Eden interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-30 SUMMARY: Mr. Roy B.W. Eden discusses how his family moved to BC in 1899, including an incident on the train. He describes his youth, early jobs in Vancouver, his move to the 70 Mile House area in 1907, the Cariboo Road, his work on ranches in the area, World War I, the Boyd family, a detailed story of the Indian Paul Spintlum, a murderer, and the pursuit of Spintlum by the Provincial Police in 1912, in which Mr. Eden took part.

Sarah Crosby interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-04-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Sara, or "Tottie", Mrs. R.T. Crosby, recalls her family background. Her father, William Boyd, arrived from Stratford, Ontario in the 1880s. Her mother, Mary Boyd, came from Prince Edward Island in 1884. Her father purchased 70 Mile House in 1883. She describes 70 Mile House in great detail, as well as the stopping house, the stages and freight wagons. She mentions a few characters who passed through including Pauline Johnson. She discusses the Flying U Ranch which was purchased in 1883 and turned into a guest ranch by her brother Jack Boyd in 1920. She tells stories about one of the teamsters; alcohol; Captain Watson; and the Spintlum family. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Stanley Eden interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-30 SUMMARY: Mr. Stanley B. Eden recalls his childhood in southern Ontario before he moved to Vancouver in 1898. His father was a steamboat captain in the Yukon, Alaska and BC areas. He discusses his father and his mother's background. There is a lot of attention paid to his father's service on various BC waterways. He discusses his life in the Kootenays, world travels, and starting a ranch near the 70 Mile house. He comments on the murderer Paul Spintlum in 1912, and catching wild horses in the winter