Spillimacheen River (B.C.)

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Norman King interview

RECORDED: Golden (B.C.), 1983-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Horse freighting for local mines. Getting started in guiding in the 1930s. Class A licence. Advertised in Field and Stream. Minor horse troubles. Blaeberry River: pack trail, hunting cabins, tents, brother Ron helped guide and cook. Mr. Linberg, Ken Jones also guided in the Blaeberry Valley. More outfits appeared after WWII; ex. Sid Webber, Parker. King's outfit had sixteen horses. Bill Romaine helped. Others: Robisons, Charley Lawrence. Guide wages. Recollections and incidents. TRACK 2: Bears raided his cabins. Also hunted in the Spillimacheen Valley. Pack for international water commissioner on the Wood River in the 1960s. Acting in a movie, "The Silent Barrier" in 1932 for $6.50 a day. Old local guides in Golden history book.