Nelson (B.C.)

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Bella Cummings interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Isabella Cummings (born January 1887, died August 1965) discusses the naming of Boswell in 1909; Captain Roland Ellis; James Johnstone; and the birth of her son Raymond. She explains how she came to Boswell in 1909 and grew strawberries. She describes the Valparaiso Mine in Sanca BC; incidents and life at Boswell; how the family came to Nelson in 1902; fruit marketing; nut trees; ;the first settlers and social life. TRACK 2: Mrs. Cummings continues by discussing forest fires; Crawford Bay; flagging down freight barges; an incident on a lake boat; a Kootenay Indian interpretation of Jonah and the Whale; Mr. S.J. Cummings, who was her husband; and a Kootenay Indian incident.

[Nelson] : [footage and out-takes]

Footage. Views of Nelson streets and businesses: Palm Dairies Ltd., Madden Hotel, Kootenay Motors, and Nelson Transfer Co. Ltd. (with staff posing for camera). Moving company (West Transfer Co.) at work. Various residents. Plywood plant interiors [dark and soft-focus]. Horses at stables. Nelson waterfront. Sawmill. Car ferry (at Procter?). Lakeside leisure activities -- swimming, fishing, etc.