Item T0940:0001 - Katherine and Leonard Clark interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-01-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. and Mrs. Clark recall Gray Creek and the area from 1912 to 1920. Mr. Leonard Clark describes how he came to California and then on to BC in 1912; he purchased land at Gray Creek and worked on fruit farm development until 1914; the Gray Creek settlement as it was in 1912; returning to Gray Creek in 1919; the Smith family; Boswell; Crawford Bay; Nelson; and Doukhobors. Mrs. Katherine; Clark then discusses how Crawford Bay is also know as 'Dogpatch'; the people around Crawford Bay; Boswell; Gray Creek; Bill Fraser; Mrs. Russel; 'Ma' Fournier; Oscar Burden; the attitude of hotel owners; Crawford Bay's Commander Harrison; the population of Crawford Bay and more about 'Ma' Fournier. TRACK 2: Mrs. Clark continues with more on Oscar Burden's houseboat; her family, the Smiths, who ;arrived at Grey Creek in 1914; her first impressions; the journey; entertaining; the Gray Creek population was predominantly bachelors; Colin Hadden; Len Clark's place; a horse back riding tour with Mrs. Wakefield in 1915; R.T. Deane and the effect of the countryside.