Columbia River--Description and travel

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CBC Tuesday night : A journey of two summer moons : [parts 1 & 2]

SUMMARY: "A Journey of Two Summer Moons" is about the first crossing of the Rockies by explorer David Thompson in 1807, and a trip made by Imbert Orchard and Peter Haworth in 1972, re-tracing Thompson's route;. The program combines excerpts from Thompson's journal with recordings made on the 1972 journey.;

Chief Martin Morigeau interview

CALL NUMBER: T0880:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Chief Martin Morigeau describes the first settlers of the Columbia Valley. His grandfather, Francois, was the second man in the Columbia Valley after David Thompson. Francois quit HBC and farmed while in Washington; Martin's father did the first farming in the Columbia Valley; Martin's father and others moved to Alberta in 1904; they did threshing for the whole area; describes experiences threshing; Martin is chief of the Kootenays. TRACK 2: Chief Morigeau describes the abundance of salmon in the Columbia River before the construction of Grand Coulee Dam; Martin discovered Indian skeletons at Rocky Mountain House; captured and trained a bald eagle; he describes cougar hunting.

CALL NUMBER: T0880:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Chief Morigeau tells hunting and mining anecdotes. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Columbia adventure

The item is a travelogue. A family enjoys an automobile trip through the Columbia watershed, following the Columbia River from its mouth on the Pacific coast to its source in southeastern British Columbia. En route, there are views of the Valley of the Ten Peaks and the Columbia Icefield, including Athabasca Glacier.