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Tales of pioneer survival : New Horizons Oral History Project collection Forests and forestry--British Columbia
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Joseph Canton interview

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1981-09 SUMMARY: Mr. Canton was born and schooled in Ontario. During the Depression, he rode the rails, and then got a job in the forest industry. He arrived in Vancouver in 1938 and worked for a short time, but returned to Ontario and worked in mining until the war, when he spent four years in the service. After the war, he gained employment with the BC Forest Service.

Joe Johnson interview

RECORDED: Canal Flats (B.C.), 1982-06-09 SUMMARY: Joe was born and educated in the States. He came to Canada and worked as a cowboy until he took a job with the federal Parks department, working as a hunting and fishing guide until 1927. During the 1930s, he took whatever work was available. Later he became a forest ranger, quit that, and went ranching on the Kootenay River.