Flooding At Nicomen. Bud Taylor In Stern
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- 1948
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Flooding At Nicomen. Bud Taylor In Stern
Part of Imbert Orchard fonds
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Dinsmore recounts his parents' arrival in BC in 1888; his move to Elgin in 1891; purchase of property in Surrey in 1902. Mr. Dinsmore talks about the land; dyking; bog-shoes for horses; wells; water supply; taxes; subdivision of agricultural land; agricultural costs; Mud Bay; land conditions in the area; flooding; dyking the land; bogs; clearing land; drainage problems. TRACK 2: Mr. Dinsmore continues his discussion about drainage and development; the history of drainage problems; steamboats; lift bridges; Nicomen River; Serpentine River; fishing; local characters; New Westminster Market; schooling; early roads; Hadden's Mill; V.V. & E. [Vancouver; Victoria and Eastern Railway]; railway routes.