The item is a reel of spliced film footage from 1961. It shows flooding of the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers in early June, 1961. Includes footage of: rivers in flood, dikes and inundated streets in Trail, flooded land and roads in the vicinity, Bonnington and Corra Linn dams on the Kootenay River and Robson (?) ferry at dock..

Amateur film. "For the first 90 feet there are many poorly exposed scenic pans of flowing rivers, hills with snow, men walking, and one construction site. Other shots include: a steam train roaring by; a huge explosion in a river (blasting!); men inspecting results of blasting; shovel digging away at blasted rock; rail lines by side of river; a large speeder with rear car and operator; snow; buildings and boxcars along railroad tracks, man leaving (along tracks) for work; shovel working in snowy rock cut; large speeder with open car behind; rock fill being dumped into river in wooden-framed areas by open car pulled and pushed by large speeder; shovel chewing away at rock and loading it onto open car; worker playing with dog; shovel loading open car while another little diesel engine and car pass by; two cars roll up to be loaded by shovel, shovel responds; two men looking on; cars travel along rail and dump their rocks into the water; view of other side of the river, roads, a railway grade possibly, and back to shovel again; good [close-up of] shovel loading cars, cars move off to un-load; long shot of] worksite and river; man with jackhammer working in rock; [long shot of] river with mountain above; another explosion -- more blasting; looks Like some of the railway rock transporting equipment has been damaged, men inspecting; scene of blasting; another series of blasts, debris falls into river; pan along results of blasting; men walking across narrow bridge; two more blasting scenes; a raft casts loose from the shore with rowboats attached, men aboard, and a piece of equipment; scenes along the river, then blasting, again; camera records changed landscape." (Colin Browne)

The item consists of a reel of reversal film footage from 1973. It shows conditions on Arrow Lake reservoir (at low water) at Shelter Bay and Galena Bay, caterpillar tractors clearing and piling forest debris on beaches, the Dept. of Highways ferry, tug and boom collecting water-borne debris, Corra Lynn Dam and the beginning of excavation of a canal.

Amateur film. "Sign: 'The Meadows. Tea Room, Milk, Log Cabins, Camp.' A bear in the bush. Purple morning glories. A squirrel. Columbia River. 'The Meadows' gardens. Sheep at Skookumchuck in snow. The Hoodoos at Dutch Creek. A parade in a small unidentified town. Sea-cadets and their band march past. Rainbow. Cotton Creek bridge with steam train passing over Cotton Creek. Pan of Wynndel, Creston Flats. Wharf at Gray Creek. Bonnington Dam. South Slocan Dam. Taghum Bridge. Corra Linn Dam. Ferry at Nelson. Doukhobor women and young boy at Valican (more likely Winlaw, from name painted on railroad hut)." (Colin Browne)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Louise McFadden : Lardeau Valley, 1910-1952 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1952 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Louise McFadden discusses Slim Hatfield. Parents came to Argenta from Switzerland. Cleared land on flats and established the Evergreen Cattle Ranch. Construction of Corra Linn Dam changed the ecology of delta at head of Kootenay Lake. Describes parents' early years in Argenta. Father raised cattle and boarded pack horses during the off-season. Father's death, mother moved away. Farm leased to a number of different people. Paul Stevens. Trips on sternwheelers as a young child. Barrow, retired engineer, lives in Johnsons Landing. TRACK 2: Quakers moved into Argenta. Working on roads to pay property taxes. Building of Hamill Creek canyon road.