SUMMARY: "In "Bulkley Valley", #17 in the series, Mr. Gerry Gorges talks about real estate speculation in the Bulkley Valley before the coming of the Grand Trunk Pacific, and about the birth of the town of Smithers.

SUMMARY: "Christmas in the Bulkley Valley" is #20 in the series. Sarah Bourgon recalls a Christmas party celebrated at Hubert in the Bulkley Valley, before the First World War.

SUMMARY: In "Journey to the Telkwa", #18 in the series, pioneer Sarah Bourgon (nee Capewell) recalls how she came to Canada in 1912, and her journey to Aldermere in 1914.

SUMMARY: "Ootsa and Burns Lake People", #22 in the series, mainly features the recollections of Arthur Shelford and Cliff Harrison about some of the characters who lived in the Ootsa Lake country before the First World War.

The sub-series consists of episodes from the first series of "Living Memory", a CBC Vancouver radio program about people and places in British Columbia history, based on oral history interviews recorded by Imbert Orchard. Four series aired from 1961 to 1964. The first series, broadcast from March 9 to May 29, 1961, dealt with early days in the Skeena and Bulkley region (via the recollections of Constance Cox and Sperry Cline), as well as early days in Vancouver.

The sub-series consists of episodes from the second series of "Living Memory", a CBC Vancouver radio program about people and places in British Columbia history, based on oral history interviews recorded by Imbert Orchard. Four series aired from 1961 to 1964. The second series, broadcast from January 19 to June 29, 1962, dealt with frontier life in the area around the Skeena River and its tributaries.

SUMMARY: "Telkwa People", #19 in the series, consists of recollections about Jack McNeill and Rene D'Egville, two of the characters who lived in and around Telkwa before the First World War.

SUMMARY: "Tom Hankin" is the first episode in the first series of "Living Memory". Constance Cox talks about her father, Thomas Hankin, who founded the town of Hazelton, and about his experiences with the Indian people of the area.

SUMMARY: This program was broadcast as a special for the Christmas season. It features pioneer recollections about winter time in the Fraser Valley and northern B.C. Not all the voices heard are identified, but they include Martin Starret, Pan and Betty Phillips, and Sarah Bourgon.

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1964 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Spencer Hope Patenaude describes how he came to 150 Mile House from Quebec with his father, Joseph P. Patenaude, around 1896. He describes his memories of 150 Mile house, how he came there from Ashcroft, and the Bachelors Ball, which was a three day party with about 600 people from all around the area in the winter. Then he describes how he moved to a ranch in Williams Lake with his family in 1898. He describes the area and his memories, the Primrose Dairy, the trails in the area, English settlers who were unprepared for BC. Patenaude tells a story of a cattle drive of 1,500 miles to Dawson Creek from Williams Lake to make a fortune -- which proved to be unrealistic, and almost all were lost. He discloses how his family moved to a ranch in Horsefly which was 600 acres or so with 150 head of cattle. He describes Horsefly as a gold mining town and the town as he remembers it. He discusses his school years including a time in Victoria at the Collegiate College at Beacon Hill, run by Mr. Church, in 1900 and 1901. He goes on to speak about how he became a telegraph operator when he was sixteen. He describes how the telegraph system was set up and how he worked within the telegraph for 47 years. Then he mentions the progress of the railroad which never quite reached Prince George.

TRACK 2: Mr. Patenaude describes the area around Vanderhoof including the roads around Black Creek to Prince George. He describes how he went to the area, a story about a Chief of the Black Water Tribe named Jimmy who had the ability to foresee who was coming to the area with great accuracy, a man named Dr. Ringwood, and observations and anecdotes about trusting Indians. Patenaude goes on to describe his job as a telegraph operator, the installation of howler telephones in 1910, stories about a phone operator named Bob who was caught eavesdropping, telephone lines, and teamsters.