Item T0689:0001 - Margaret McKirdy interview

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Margaret McKirdy interview

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T0689:0001

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  • [196-] (Creation)

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2 audio reels (01:00:00) : 19 cm/sec, mono ; 18 cm

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RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Margaret I. McKirdy discusses her experience cultivating the land she and her husband owned and the surrounding land around Valemount, Canoe River Mountain, the Canoe Valley, her first impressions, trappers, how business began to grow, Lewis Knutson, other ranches in the area, i.e. Donald Gordon's ranch, and Swift Creek. TRACK 2: Mrs. McKirdy continues by discussing a trip to a hot springs; crossing the creeks; she tells the story of how her husband came to BC from Ontario to be a trapper; the Mountain Fever; McLeod; Pincher Creek; Good Luck Mine near Golden; trapping along the Canoe River; the Upper Fraser River. She discusses her first trip to the area, what she expected and what the reality was.

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Imbert Orchard, 1974-1975

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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
Preservation disc made from original audio reels, 2001-07-31.

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  • Copying Restriction: Clients requesting research/private copies must fill out CBC form.
  • Use Restriction: Not for broadcast or commercial use without written permission of the CBC.
  • Copyright Status: Copyright Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Accession number(s): T0689

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Previously described as AAAB0778

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Orchard ; FT-[1-2]

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speaker: Margaret Isobel McKirdy, interviewer: Imbert Orchard, sound recording: Ian Stephen

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