Aileen Lonsdale interview
Orchard, Imbert, 1909-1991
Frontier and pioneer life--British Columbia--20th century
Railroads--British Columbia--Upper Fraser Region
Liquor traffic--British Columbia
Prohibition--British Columbia
Railroads--Design and construction--British Columbia
Smuggling--British Columbia
Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Upper Fraser Region
RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Aileen Lonsdale was born in the Washington Territory and moved around all her childhood; moved to Wolf Creek in 1909. She describes what was happening in Wolf Creek when she moved there, including her father's stopping house; she describes her family, Renshaw, including her brothers and her father, Robert Haldane Renshaw; she describes the area; steel mining; locations of railway stations; Mile 52; Valemount; Mile 49; railway construction camps; a description of Tete Jaune; bootlegging and smuggling during prohibition; some anecdotes about what life was like; moving to McBride in 1914; a description of McBride and life there when she arrived. TRACK 2: Mrs. Lonsdale continues with a description and anecdotes about the Indians at Tete Jaune; she describes Tete Jaune Cache and the surrounding area; Tete Jaune Mary.
[196-]
2 audio reels (01:00:00) : 19 cm/sec, mono ; 18 cm
https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca//aileen-lonsdale-interview
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McBride (B.C.)
Wolf Creek (B.C.)
Tete Jaune (B.C.)
Upper Fraser Region (B.C.)
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