Revelstoke (B.C.)

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Writs of summons

  • GR-2770
  • Series
  • 1885

Writs of Summons served on 11 November 1885 on McKenzie and Co. and McKenzie and Meagher from plaintiffs in Farwell, New Westminster and Similkameen Mines.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Farwell)

W.J. Fraser interview

CALL NUMBER: T0935:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-03-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. W.J. Fraser describes his childhood in the Revelstoke area. He discusses his father, Fred Fraser, who was born in Scotland but moved to Canada as a child. He discusses the story of his; father coming to Canada, and details about his mother and family. Mr. Fraser was the first white boy born in Revelstoke. He also discusses schools, including the teacher, A.E. Miller; Rogers Pass; ranches; steamboats; fish in Tum Tum Stream; descriptions of Revelstoke; hotels; saloons and the red light district. TRACK 2: Mr. Fraser continues with his descriptions of Revelstoke; law and order; the red light district; Catholic/Protestant relations; his father; snow slides near Rogers Pass; railroad accidents; and characters in the area.

CALL NUMBER: T0935:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-03-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Fraser describes Revelstoke during the pre World War I years; religion; an eccentric range man named William Mackie; respect of elders; an Englishman named Red Fern; the Italian quarter; other nationalities; the McAlpines; discipline and children; social events around Christmas; and Jack Kirkup. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Winfield Maxwell bench book

  • GR-2174
  • Series
  • 1938-1945

Series consists of one bench book in the hand of Stipendiary Magistrate Winfield Maxwell. Entries are primarily from the Revelstoke Small Debts Court (1938-1945), but also from the Revelstoke Magistrate's Court, the Revelstoke Police Court (1940 and 1942), and Revelstoke Juvenile Court (1944-1945).

British Columbia. Small Debts Court (Revelstoke)

William Dickey papers re Kootenay district

Correspondence, notes and newspaper clippings concerning the history of Revelstoke, the Big Bend area of the Kootenay district and the pioneers of the area. Also includes collected notes and correspondence of Benjamin Richard Atkins as well as his dictionary history of Revelstoke.

Material is files MS-0560.1.1 to 1.17 contain Earle Dickey's general correspondence files, incoming and outgoing, 1937-1953 (includes Dickey's correspondence with the Vancouver Sun as that newspaper's correspondent in Revelstoke). Files 1.18 to 1.51 contain drafts, rough notes etc. concerning Revelstoke pioneers, Revelstoke history etc. Files 2.1 to 2.8 contain Benjamin Richard Atkins' correspondence and files 2.9 to 2.19 contain Dickey's miscellaneous materials.

William Bilsland fonds

  • PR-1188
  • Fonds
  • 1952, 1955, 1971-1976

The fonds consists of William Bilsland's research notes, and a draft on the history of Atlin. Also included in this file is an unpublished, typescript draft (2 copies) of an earlier (1952) history of Revelstoke prepared by the author for publication by the Department of Education in the British Columbia Heritage Series and a copy of a his thesis called "A history of Revelstoke and the Big Bend." 1955.

Bilsland, William, 1924-

Vivian Morcom Bray photo scrapbook

Series is a photo scrapbook with ca. 400 black and white photographs. The photographs are detailed/described by the creator (Vivian Morcom Bray) in his own words and depict persons/places including but not limited to Kamloops, Revelstoke, Vernon, Kelowna, Penticton and Osoyoos, circa 1912-1950.

Photos depict life events of this period including the 1948 flood in and around Kamloops.

Bray, Vivian Morcom

Violet Anderson interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Violet Anderson discusses her father, R.W. Northey, who came to Revelstoke from England in the early 1890s to manage the Kootenay Herald newspaper. She describes how her mother and the; family came in 1894 via Quebec and the CPR. She offers her first impression of Revelstoke and how her father moved to Rossland in 1895; the family followed in 1897. She describes the journey from Revelstoke to Rossland and her memories of Revelstoke, such as the 'uptown' and 'downtown' sections. She mentions characters named Orange Hamilton and Billy Pool who were prospectors who struck it ri;ch. She then offers her first impressions of Rossland; mentioning Trail and the Rossland mines and the post-depression leasing system. She describes Rossland as it was in 1897; the Sourdough Alley; ;strikes and strike-breakers and fires. She describes how her father worked for the Rossland Times and then became a prospector. She discusses Father Pat; remittance men; and more about fires. TRACK; 2: Anderson compares Nelson to Rossland and discusses the Hunter brothers; hotels; law and order; and school. She describes "Oregon John Bismarck", John Altman and the Cornish miners. She offers m;ore on remittance men, prostitution, and discusses writing stories for miners. More about recreation; railroads; an anecdote about Salt Lake City; and more about Father Pat.

Vaughan Kimpton interview

CALL NUMBER: T0879:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-05 & 07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Vaughan Kimpton tells the story of his father; Rufus Ashton Kimpton; and how he came to Donald in 1883, and opened up a liquor store. Vaughan was born in Donald and the whole family moved to Windermere when he was five or six. He describes the area; the breakup of the CPR headquarters at Donald; the supreme power exercised by Gold Commissioner E.W. Griffiths; his father setting up a trading store in Windermere; the history of Revelstoke; large hide trade with the Indians; the settling of disputes before the police arrived; lists of various early settlers; how he drove a stage from 1909 to 1911, carrying mail in winter, and a description of the Windermere/Cranbrook run in detail. TRACK 2: Mr. Kimpton relates several incidents on the stage route; mention of several old timers, such as Colin C. McKee, who tried unsuccessfully to compete with Mr. Kimpton's father; mail and newspapers being the only means of outside communication; more on a priest; Wilmer as a boom town in; the early 1900s; and the naming of various towns in the area.

CALL NUMBER: T0879:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-05 & 07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Kimpton describes the shooting of the Banjo Kid; young easterners thought they had to behave rough in the west; police came shortly after; Colin Cameron was the first constable; many tragic occurrences as a result of winter; fish was a staple food in winter; Mr. Kimpton's parents were instrumental in establishing St. Peter's in Donald; in 1900 his father disassembled the church without permission and moved it to Windermere, but the church bell was stolen in Golden; there was a Presbyterian church in Donald before St. Peter's. TRACK 2: Kimpton continues with anecdotes about the behavior of the old timers in church; more talk about Patty Ryan and Jonas Bob; Baptiste Morigeau and his family; and English remittance men in Windermere.

The new Columbia

The item is a composite print of an industrial film made between 1965 and 1959. It shows changes along the Columbia River due to the Duncan, Arrow and Mica dams. Includes footage of: Duncan Dam reservoir; area communities; flood scenes; water storage and flood control benefits in BC and the USA; threatened homes and landmarks, including the Gates of St. Leon Hotel and the derelict sternwheeler "Minto"; ecological considerations; construction of the Arrow [Hugh Keenleyside] and Mica dams, and official opening of the former; houses being moved or burned; "Viking funeral" [burning] of the "Minto"; new highway construction and Arrow Lake ferry service (M.V. "Galena"); economic impacts; the relocated communities of New Burton, New Edgewood and New Fauquier.

The new Columbia

The item is a composite print of an industrial film, made from 1965 to 1969. It show changes along the Columbia River due to the Duncan, Arrow and Mica dams. Includes footage of: Duncan Dam reservoir, area communities, flood scenes, water storage and flood control benefits in BC and the USA, threatened homes and landmarks, including the Gates of St. Leon Hotel and the derelict stern wheeler "Minto", ecological considerations, construction of the Arrow [Hugh Keenleyside] and Mica dams, and official opening of the former, houses being moved or burned, "Viking funeral" [burning] of the "Minto", new highway construction and Arrow Lake ferry service (M.V. "Galena"), economic impacts and the relocated communities of New Burton, New Edgewood and New Fauquier.

The great barrier pt. 2; Trans-Canada air pageant pt. 2; Nine cents per capita

The item consists of a video cassette tape (VHS) copied in 1990 from a 3/4 inch U-Matic video tape created by the National Archives of Canada in 1989.

The contents include copies of 3 films about various British Columbian topics created between 1930 and 1941 as follows:

The Great Barrier : part two / Gaumont-British Pictures Corporation, copyright Rank Film Distributors, 1937, b&w, sound.
Trans-Canada air pageant and miscellaneous aeroplanes : part two / W.M. Archibald, copyright Air Canada, 1930, b&w & col., silent.
Nine cents per capita / British Columbia. Provincial Board of Health, copyright Government of British Columbia, 1941, b&w, sound.

Canada. National Archives of Canada

The great barrier pt. 1

The item consists of a video cassette tape (VHS) copied in 1990 from a 3/4 inch U-Matic video tape created by the National Archives of Canada in 1989.

The contents include a copy of the following film:

The Great Barrier : part one / Gaumont-British Pictures Corporation, copyright Rank Film Distributors, 1937, b&w, sound.

Canada. National Archives of Canada

Suitor's Fund register

  • GR-2431
  • Series
  • 1901-1951

Suitor's Fund register.

British Columbia. County Court (Revelstoke)

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