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A view from the inside : [3 parts]

SUMMARY: Three parts of a radio program entitled "A View from the Inside", by Robert Cummings of Prince George radio station CJCI. The three parts focus on the history of Prince George and Barkerville.;

Testimonial

The item is a testimonial presented to James Wattie of Camerontown, a miner and woolen mill owner, on his leaving the Cariboo to return to Canada.

Biography of William Birnie Cameron / R.W. Burlingame Gardiner

The item is a 6 page copy of "Life of the late W.B. Cameron, an Overlander of '62" by R.W. Burlingame Gardiner of Californa. It is a brief biography of William Birnie Cameron (authenticated by Cameron's descendants) which includes an account of his Journey from Quebec to B.C. and some details of his activities in Barkerville where he lived for a number of years.

Obtained by Gardiner from Cameron's daughter, Mrs. H.A. Paquette of Montreal. Copy forwarded to PABC, 1963.

Highway north

The item is a reel of travelogue film showing scenic highlights and points of interest along Highway 97 in the Okanagan and Cariboo. Includes footage of car ferries (the M.V. "David Lloyd-Jones" and M.V. "Lequime") on Okanagan Lake; highlights of Kelowna International Regatta; abandoned mine equipment and shaft; Barkerville (before its restoration); sawmill in Quesnel; a parade and rodeo events at the Williams Lake Stampede.

Ride of the last stagecoach

The item is a reel of documentary film. It shows the BC Centennial Committee's special project "Stagecoach," re-enacting a journey by stagecoach from Victoria to Barkerville by way of Nanaimo, Vancouver, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Hope, Yale, Lillooet, Ashcroft, Soda Creek, Quesnel and Wells. Many ceremonies and events are enacted en route, including a number of "hold-ups" and attacks by "wild Indians." Paul St. Pierre talks to stage drivers Jack Turnbull and Hank Rudofsky. Also interviewed are Frank Barnard and Yale historian Gus Milliken; Mr. Milliken disputes the authenticity of the re-enactment.

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