Blind Bay (Shuswap Region, B.C.)

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  • BC Geographical Names Information System. Community and bay.

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Blind Bay (Shuswap Region, B.C.)

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Blind Bay (Shuswap Region, B.C.)

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Blind Bay (Shuswap Region, B.C.)

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Florence Reedman interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-05-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Florence Reedman describes how she came from England with her husband John Reedman in 1905; the story of how they came to Canada, including a bill that was passed in England, and a family friend who went bankrupt. With the deterioration of conditions there, the family decided to move to Canada, led by their son Harry Reedman, who moved to Edmonton; the voyage by ship through fields of icebergs; their first experiences in Canada; moving out west past Shuswap Lake to Blind Bay; what it was like when they arrived, and the supplies they needed to start a life there; living in a tent; for twenty-six weeks; the beginnings of clearing the land; a story about how they got a roast of meat once a week; ordering flour from Enderby, and the process of receiving ordered supplies; how they; chose Blind Bay as their spot to settle; how the Columbia River [Lumber?] Company tried to get them off the land after they had homesteaded for five years; how after ten years they finally got a deed; to the land; lumber in the area, and deciding which lumber to use to build their home; anecdotes about what life was like; using boats on the lake; the first planting of fruit trees; and getting a school built in the area. TRACK 2: Mrs. Reedman continues by discussing a story of her husband taking supplies to Sorrento, and an ice storm which started on the way home; dealing with frozen feet and having to go to Notch Hill for help; stories about taking supplies across the lake via the first motorboats; the first settlers who came to Celista; jobs her children worked at stories about more storms on the lake and people in the area; and how Blind Bay got its name.