The Life of a Mineral Lake Logger
Young men looking for adventure and career, often found themselves in logging camps as the industry in British Columbia emerged in the late 1890s. The interior was host to numerous camps with men seeking opportunities at sawmills. Once logs were harvested from forests near the millsite, they were transported to a logging pond...
Hiking the High Line
The collection of slides almost ended up in the trash. A member of the board of the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History had heard about Bill's collection of slides and had gone to Bill's house in June 2013 to inquire about them. Unfortunately, Bill had just recently passed away and neighbours at the request of Bill's...
Cranbrook's Wandering War Memorial
Great War Veterans' Association When Canada entered the Great War in 1914 no substantial government form of support for war veterans existed. There were some private charities such as the Patriotic Fund, and there were the individual fraternal organizations such as the Masons, Foresters, and Odd Fellows. None of these sources...
