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Provincial Archives of British Columbia audio interviews, 1974-1992 Williams Lake (B.C.)
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Barney Boe interview

CALL NUMBER: T0319:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Flying in the 1930s PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Barney Boe tells the story of his Trans-Canada flight in a Fleet II aircraft in 1930. Anecdotes about learning to fly, 1930. TRACK 2: More on learning to fly. Early flying in the Lower Mainland of B.C. More on the 1930 Trans-Canada flight. Boe's personal philosophy on personal knowledge and experience. More on the Fleet II aircraft. Anecdotes about emergency landings on Stave Lake and Alkali Lake.

CALL NUMBER: T0319:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bush flying in British Columbia, 1930-1960 PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Techniques of bush flying described. Boe's crashes in McLeese and Williams Lake. Quit flying, ca. 1960. General comments about flying. TRACK 2: Flight from Seattle to Chicago with W.E. Boeing, 1930. Description of Chicago Air Show, 1930. Comments about W.E. Boeing. Anecdotes about flying in B.C. (end of interview).

Laura Annie Moxon interview

CALL NUMBER: T1483:0001 - 0002 RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-06-26 & 29 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Mrs. Laura Annie Moxon, the daughter of John Edward Moore of Alkali Lake, B.C. Moore came to Alkalai Lake in 1875. In 1909 he sold his ranch and bought the Onward Ranch at the south end of Williams Lake. Mrs. Moxon was educated in Victoria (1897) and in the east. She and her husband owned the Maple Leaf Hotel in Williams Lake in the 1930s. She recalls her father, the Onward Ranch and life there, local schools, and irrigation, as well as the packer Cataline (Jean Caux) and James Pinchbeck. Alkali Lake was originally called Paradise Valley.

CALL NUMBER: T1483:0002 RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-06-29