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RECORDED: Abbotsford (B.C.), 1981-08 SUMMARY: Mr. Nightscales was an English seafarer. He tells stories about his friends and escapades all over the world.;

RECORDED: Keremeos (B.C.), 1981-09 SUMMARY: Mr. Cawston's father came to Ontario from northern England in 1831, and came to Osoyoos in 1874. Alfred was born in 1892. After his father tried a few business ventures that did not pan out, Alfred was sent back to Ontario for schooling. Alfred married in 1919 and ran a small fruit farm; in later years, he became a ranger for the BC Forest Service.

RECORDED: Abbotsford (B.C.), 1982-06-24 SUMMARY: Alice was born and schooled in Manitoba. She worked on her father's farm until she married. She and her husband grew a garden and sold milk for many years before moving to Abbotsford. They they bought eleven acres and started another dairy farm.

RECORDED: Halfmoon Bay (B.C.), 1982-03-17 SUMMARY: Mr. Fox was born in Sapperton; he took his education and had his first jobs in Vancouver. He worked all a logger for most of his life.;

RECORDED: Abbotsford (B.C.), 1982-05-05 SUMMARY: Mrs. Smith was born in the States and came to Canada as a child. Her family farmed and trapped in Manitoba before coming to BC; they returned twice to Manitoba before settling in BC. She trapped for many years with her husband; she talks about her sons, and participation in World War I.

RECORDED: Abbotsford (B.C.), 1981-08 SUMMARY: Mr. Dunkerly was born in England and came to Carlisle Saskatchewan in 1912. He was a trapper, farmer and labourer. Mr. Dunkerly married Anne in Saskatchewan; she kept the farm going and raised their family while Mr. Dunkerly was away at war. They later came west and settled on a seventy acre farm in Sumas, in the Fraser Valley.

RECORDED: Grand Forks (B.C.), 1982-05-31 SUMMARY: Mr. McDougal came west from Ontario as a child. He tells stories about his father's experiences in the 1800s; he was a butcher, and survived a prairie fire.;

RECORDED: Oliver (B.C.), 1982-05-30 SUMMARY: Mrs. Beldam was born at Sumas in 1904, and was schooled in Vancouver and Seattle. Barbara's father had a large dairy farm in Sumas. Barbara was an ardent rider and hunter; and was largely responsible for the Oliver International Horse Show. After she married, she and her husband had a large fruit and hay ranch.

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1981-09 SUMMARY: Mrs. Richards was born in the United States, but married a Canadian, and came to the Cariboo in 1901. Mr. Richards died and left Bessie with three children to raise. She had her own homestead, worked as a cook, and was a midwife, nurse and undertaker to those in Forest Grove for many years.

RECORDED: Canim Lake (B.C.), 1981-09 SUMMARY: These sisters tell the story of coming to Canim Lake from Washington State by covered wagon. They had a homestead, but had to live in a houseboat for the winter. Their parents ran a trap line, and had to leave their four girls for a week at a time.

RECORDED: Clinton (B.C.), 1981-09 SUMMARY: Mr. Robertson was one of the first forest rangers in BC. He was born in Clinton and spent most of his career there.;

RECORDED: Hagensborg (B.C.), 1981-09 SUMMARY: At the time of this interview, Christine was living in the house in which she was born and had also raised her own family. She worked at the store her father built in Hagensborg, near Bella Coola. Bella Coola was very isolated, only served by boat, until the settlers built a road to Anahim Lake, and thence to Williams Lake.

RECORDED: Okanagan Falls (B.C.), 1982-06-16 SUMMARY: Connie was born in England, came to Canada, married a farmer, and settled at Okanagan Falls.;

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1981-09 SUMMARY: Mrs. Richards tells stories about being a housewife in the Cariboo in the early days. Cynthia and her sisters started the the Cariboo Womens' Institute, and Cynthia started the welcome wagon in Williams Lake.

RECORDED: Vaseux Lake (B.C.), 1982-05-30 SUMMARY: Mr. Webster was born in Montana and schooled in the States. He worked at a ranch at the age of nine and began collecting Indian artefacts. He farmed in Montana as well as working in the timber industry. He later moved to Quesnel and became a cattleman.

RECORDED: Lillooet (B.C.), 1981-09 SUMMARY: Mr. Jones came to Lillooet in 1914. He started the first dairy and fresh milk delivery there, before turning to beef cattle.;

RECORDED: Windermere (B.C.), 1982-06-10 SUMMARY: Dixon Anderson grew up living with his grandparents in Canim Lake. He tells stories about life on the homestead, and tells many tall tales. He worked in a sawmill, cut Christmas trees, hunted, and worked as a fishing guide;

RECORDED: Chilko Lake (B.C.), 1981-09 SUMMARY: Mr. Weir was born in Ontario, and at the age of 18 joined the North West Mounted Police, where he served for two years. Later he became a cowboy, a policeman and a cattle range detective.;

RECORDED: Kaleden (B.C.), 1982-06-16 SUMMARY: Ed was born in Oroville, Washington, and came to Canada as a child. After he finished his schooling, he worked as a logger for many years, and managed the Oliver sawmill, before developing the Okanagan Game Farm.

RECORDED: Sechelt (B.C.), 1982-03-16 SUMMARY: Elizabeth was married in 1927, and came to Halfmoon Bay in 1929. She was, and continues to be, very active in her community.;

RECORDED: Grand Forks (B.C.), 1982-05-31 SUMMARY: Mrs. McDougal was born in Manitoba.;

RECORDED: Clearbrook (B.C.), 1982-05 SUMMARY: Emery was born in Idaho; his family moved first to Calgary and then to BC. There were nine children in his family; he took jobs in New Westminster and Vancouver to help out. At one time, he and his three younger brothers were put into an orphanage in Vancouver; later the family settled in the Cariboo at Mahood Lake.

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1981-09 SUMMARY: Mr. Desroaches spent most of his life as a cowboy in the Chilcotin; he arrived in the Cariboo in 1929.;

RECORDED: Princeton (B.C.), 1981-10 SUMMARY: Mr. Baker came from England and engaged in many occupations, finally becoming a forest ranger at Princeton.;

RECORDED: Kleena Kleene (B.C.), 1981-09 SUMMARY: Mr. Brinks was born at Hagensborg near Bella Coola; he went to school in Bella Coola. Later he fished from there, before moving to Kleena Kleene where he trapped and ranched. He also owned the general store, garage and post office there.

RECORDED: Bella Coola (B.C.), 1981-09 SUMMARY: At the time of this interview, Mr. Draney was living on the farm on which he was born in Bella Coola. His parents were some of the earliest settlers there, and built a cannery in 1901. George worked in logging camps on the coast for twelve years, but eventually came back to start his own logging operation.

RECORDED: Bella Coola (B.C.), 1981-09 SUMMARY: Mr. McKay was born in Bella Coola; his parents were from Scotland, and were some of the original settlers. Glen logged in the Bella Coola Valley all his life, and for a short time, fished.;

RECORDED: Horsefly (B.C.), 1981-09 SUMMARY: Mr. Walters grew up on his father's ranch near Horsefly. When he turned 18, he started his own ranch. He also tells stories about hunting trips, farming, ranching, trapping and being a big game guide.

RECORDED: Three Valley (B.C.), 1982-06-12 SUMMARY: Gordon was born in Calgary and moved to Revelstoke in 1940. He tells of his courtship and marriage. He worked for builders and contractors in the Revelstoke area.;

CALL NUMBER: T3986:0082 RECORDED: Kimberley (B.C.), 1982-06-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Grace went to school in Cranbrook. She worked in a bakery and a grocery store, and then as a telephone operator. She worked for BC Tel from 1945 to 1975. Her husband died in 1955, but she eventually remarried. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T3986:0083 RECORDED: Kimberley (B.C.), 1982-06-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Grace Leighton recalls her father, John Hunter McClure, one of the pioneers of the Kootenay area. They spent time in Ontario and Alberta, and in 1909 settled near Cranbrook, where the took u;p fruit farming. [TRACK 2: blank.];