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Boyd Affleck interview
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1964-09-08 (Creation)
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2 audio reels (01:00:00) : 19 cm/sec, mono ; 18 cm
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RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Boyd Campbell Affleck came to the Kootenay/Arrow Lakes region in 1907 from Ontario. He took up a surveying job near Nakusp. He discusses settlers and speculators. He describes Fruitva;le in 1907; the development; the early settlers. Then he discusses irrigation and then more on Fruitvale; the impact of WWI on the region; fruit grown; a picnic in the 1930s; settlers; clearing land; and the Fruitvale town site. Mr. Affleck settled near Fruitvale in 1918; lost his hand and was forced back into survey work. He surveyed the town of Salmo. He offers an anecdote about the red light ladies of Erie and then offers more about Fruitvale; the impact of the Trail smelter; and recalls the forest fire of 1939. TRACK 2: Mr. Affleck continues with more on the forest fire. Then he dis;cusses the Trail smelter; effects on fruit farms; Columbia Gardens and survey work at Nelson. He offers more on Fruitvale and Nelson in 1907; transportation; the rivalry between the CPR and GN boats.; He tells a story of how Kaslo tried to steal the Nelson Board of Trade in the 1890s. He discusses the Fruitvale power system in the 1920s; Nelson City Light. He describes the rivalry between West Kootenay Power and Light, and Nelson City Light.
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Imbert Orchard, 1974-1975
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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
Preservation compact disc made from original audio reels, 2002-08-16.
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Accession number(s): T0932
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Previously described as AAAB1028
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Orchard ; KW-31/1-2
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speaker: Boyd Campbell Affleck, interviewer: Imbert Orchard, sound recording: Ian Stephen
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- Great Northern Railway Company (Subject)
- West Kootenay Power and Light Company Ltd. (Subject)
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company (Subject)