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Part of Lou J. Englehart fonds
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Part of Lou J. Englehart fonds
Part of Imbert Orchard fonds
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Joe talks about Indian tribes in the Fraser Valley; legends of Cultus Lake; Indian dialects; Cultus Lake area; Columbia Valley area; Indian graves. TRACK 2: Mr. Bob continues with anecdotes of the Chilliwack River Valley Indians; Indian place names and their origins; a landslide at Cultus Lake; Indian customs; arrival of the white man; legends of the Fraser River; sickness; the Hudson's Bay Company post; childhood anecdotes.
[British Columbia Forest Branch / Forest Service collection, reel 22]
Part of Forest Service films
Footage. Opening of Capilano Park. Cultus Lake Park, near Chilliwack. Gulf and islands [from John Dean Park?]. Road building scenes; equipment in use. Elk Falls and Elk River; building bridge there. Cordwood on railroad track speeder. Tent camp.
Part of Travel Bureau photographs
Part of Imbert Orchard fonds
CALL NUMBER: T0719:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Danny Milo recounts the story of his family and his birth; his family lived near Sardis; the legend of the flood; the Chilliwack tribe; the legend of Cultus Lake; stories of the Chilliwack River; the Vedder River; origin and meaning of place names; Indian dialects; legend of the Fraser River; the continuation of the legend of the flood; the story of the creation of man and woman; Indian religious beliefs. TRACK 2: Danny Milo continues with Indian legends; the legend of the bear children and the man who got a wife made out of alder; the conclusion of the legend of the flood; his father's bad luck; the legend of Cheam, Popkum and Tamiki Mountains.
CALL NUMBER: T0719:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Milo speaks about Indians and the first white man; killings in the canyon; a childhood visit to Yale; the meaning of "Siwash"; Indian lands; the first pioneers; the Whatcom Trail; school days at Coqualeetza Home School; Captain John; the Indian preacher. [TRACK 2: blank.]
[Fishing fleet and fingerling count]
Part of Lew M. Parry fonds
Footage. From an unidentified film. Includes fishing boats at dock; crewmen examining and mending nets and preparing boats; Vancouver skyline from waterfront; many shots of fishing fleet under way and leaving Vancouver harbour (passing under Lion's Gate bridge); a CPR ferry; blocks of ice en route to the boats. (The fishing boats include "Aleutian Queen", "Combat" and "Pacific Belle".) The roll concludes with footage showing a fisheries technician counting fingerlings at Cultus Lake.
Part of United Church History Seekers oral history collection
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Cultus Lake Camp of the United Church PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1975 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: Fred Leary, Supervisor of Boys'' Work for the United Church talks about Cultus Lake Camp: acquaintance with the Manuel family, beginning of Cultus Lake Camp, location and buildings, and administrative changes.
Part of Imbert Orchard fonds
CALL NUMBER: T0308:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Kipp recounts that his father, Henry Kipp, settled in Chilliwack in 1862; he talks about the land and streams of the area; the Indians and the naming of Centreville by Henry Kipp and Jon;athan Reece; the first settlers. He recounts his father's journey to BC from Ontario via Panama; settlement in the Chilliwack area; early homesteaders. TRACK 2: Mr. Kipp continues by describing ear;ly settlement and formation of a land company; the Kipp family; an incident with the Indians; Indian labourers; schooling; churches; winters; changes in the geography.
CALL NUMBER: T0308:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Kipp continues by discussing the steamboat landing in Chilliwack; Ashwell's store; Five Corners; hotels; Bummers Roost; the route to Cariboo; Women's Christian Temperance Union; the Commercial Hotel; barn raising/quilting bees; social life; Cultus Lake; "Sheepy MacDonald"; mail carriers; entertainment; the Harrison Hotel; churches. TRACK 2: Mr. Kipp continues with his discussion a;bout churches in the community; the first white burial; the cemetery; Chinatown; Sunday observance; childhood adventures and experiences; doctors; dentists; fires; subdivision; drainage.
Part of Imbert Orchard fonds
CALL NUMBER: T0437:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967-01-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Louie speaks about Indian languages of the Fraser Valley; legends about drought and Cultus Lake; Indian religions and values; Indian boundaries respecting land, hunting, and fishing, and; the preservation and respect of natural resources. TRACK 2: Mr. Louie continues to speak about respect for life and beliefs associated with hunting; the Indians' quality of respect that was the sam;e as prayer; respect for elders; elders teaching of skills; Indian life; skills; longhouses; trails in the Abbotsford area; Indian names in the area; and the treatment of Indians by white men.
CALL NUMBER: T0437:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967-01-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Louie discusses Indian-white relations; chiefs in his family; the Matsqui settlers' relationships with Indians; education; Coqualeetza School; Indians in the work force; Mount Baker; BC Electric; East Indian workers; conditions of Indians in Washington State; and his father, Chief Joe Kelly. [TRACK 2: blank.]
[Prescribed burn (deciduous), Cultus Lake]
Part of Forest Service films
Stock shots. Footage of Cultus Lake and its immediate surroundings, and of a helicopter using a helitorch to ignite a prescribed burn of slash and deciduous cover adjacent to the lake. The progress of the burn is shown, with some footage shot at a slower camera speed (to provide accelerated motion?).
Part of Imbert Orchard fonds
CALL NUMBER: T0734:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-03 & 05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ray Wells recounts the arrival of his grandfather, Isaac Kipp, and other family members in the Sardis area; early settlers; his grandfather, Allen Casey Wells; early mills; the Belrose family; the Wells farm; weather changes; changes in crop production; Chief Billy Supass; missionaries; the Reverend Thomas Crosby. TRACK 2: Mr. Wells continues with his recollections of the Reverend Thomas Crosby; camp meetings; church and social events; Indian relations with settlers; Indian warfare; Chief Supass; the Chilliwack River; prospectors at Chilliwack Lake; Red Mountain; Charlie Lindeman and Jack Post.
CALL NUMBER: T0734:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-03 & 05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Wells recalls incidents and outings at Ryder and Cultus Lakes; the Vedder River course; packer Ed Allison. [TRACK 2: blank.]
Part of Imbert Orchard fonds
CALL NUMBER: T0731:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-01-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Rosalie Innes recalls the arrival of her family [the Skillingfords] in Maple Ridge from Saskatchewan in 1909. She recalls her schooling; Normal School; her first teaching position at Cultus; Lake School in 1914; her impressions and experiences; students; the school board; families in the area; incidents; social events. TRACK 2: Mrs. Innes continues with her recollections about the danc;es that occurred during her time at Cultus Lake; experiences that changed her life; living on the US/Canadian border; the Columbia Valley; settlers and squatters in the area; the Dorko family and the Kosiker family.
CALL NUMBER: T0731:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-01-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Innes talks about pioneer families, mostly of Swedish, Slavonian, American or German origin. She describes the school buildings; her teaching career; teaching techniques; smuggling incidents; leaving Cultus Lake School. She went on to teach at Port Kells and describes her experiences; the railway; social events; settlers; the Kells family; the community; the Reverend Cunningham. ;She continued her career and taught at a school with discipline problems in South Westminster. TRACK 2: Mrs. Innes continues with her recollections of her time teaching in South Westminster; differences in schooling then and now; school inspectors; clothing styles.
The Fraser Valley, British Columbia
Part of June Medd film collection
Travelogue. The Fraser Valley from White Rock to Hope, via Vancouver and the Trans-Canada Highway. Includes footage of: King George VI Highway; White Rock; Peace Arch Park; Canada customs inspection; dairy, poultry and vegetable farming; brickmaking; Stave falls power plant; the Fraser Valley Union Library; Chilliwack Cherry Carnival Parade; Chilliwack Air Show; fishing on Vedder River; Harrison Lake resort; etc. Also shows use of an Avro Anson (registration CF-EKM) to transport live baby chicks by air, and use of a Republic Seabee seaplane to fly in to Chilliwack Lake for an afternoon's fishing.
Part of Lou J. Englehart fonds