The item is a composite print of an industrial film made around 1964. It shows the construction of the Mica, Duncan and Arrow Dams in the Columbia River basin. Some of the communities in the project area are shown and the problems and benefits are discussed. There is footage of Revelstoke and Trail-Kaslo area, flooding of the Columbia near Trail and aerial views of area communities. There is also footage of the 1964 ratification of the Columbia River Treaty at the International Peace Arch, with US President Johnson, Canadian Prime Minister Pearson and BC Premier Bennett.

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.

The item is a large, illustrated volume titled "British Columbia: of their doings there by one of them" by Frederick D. Williams. The volume contains a manuscript account of a journey from London, England to Vancouver B.C. and back between August 28 and October 6, 1897. Williams landed in New York and travelled by train through Chicago and Spokane to Nelson where he and his party took the Kootenay Lake steamer to Kaslo and the train to Sandon and then on up to Nakusp and Revelstoke, Kamloops and Vancouver.

The volume has been illustrated by glued in photographs, magazine prints, maps, menus, passenger lists and programs.

Reports (not printed) to the Minister of Justice, including abstracts from evidence. (Henderson No. 91).

Purchased from Micro Media, Toronto.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Steamboating on BC interior lakes PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1963 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1979 SUMMARY: Captain Walter H. Spiller recalls his service with the CPR's BC Lake and River Service on the interior lakes from 1917 to 1963. Beginning as a youthful general duty hand he rose to command paddlewheelers and tugs. These tapes provide "a comprehensive and chronological coverage of the development and decline of steamboating on the interior lakes, with details of vessels and the names of personnel involved. [NOTE: Captain Spiller's reminiscences were first prepared for a talk given to members of the Thermopylae Club of Victoria in 1979. The original talk was retaped, with further details added, later in 1979. The revised tapes and the original taped talk were loaned to the Maritime Museum of B.C. for copying.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Cecil Pangburn : Lardeau Valley, 1928-1950 PERIOD COVERED: 1928-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Cecil Pangburn came from New Brunswick in 1926. Worked in Salmo and Kaslo. Bought 900 acres in Meadow Creek. Describes neighbours. Bought John Deere bulldozer after World War Two. Describes horse logging along the Duncan River. Railroad removed in 1942 and a road was built. Moved to Kaslo and ran a transfer business before returning to Meadow Creek in 1947. Returned to Kaslo in 1951. Owned small inboard powered dory used for hauling freight on lake. Tried cattle ranching, 1947-1951. Worked for highways department in Kaslo during the Depression. In 1932 was sent up with bulldozer to carry supplies to Poplar Creek and Gerrard when heavy snow closed railway for six weeks. TRACK 2: Married in 1928. Describes logging operation. Stake mineral claim on Meadow Mountain. Trappers lived at Howser. Caught live marten to sell in Kaslo.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): United Church minister and missionary PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1975-10-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Childhood in Ontario. Move to the West. Decision to enter the ministry, 1912. Student fields. Further education and service in World War I. Graduation and marriage. Kaslo and church union. TRACK 2: Other experiences at Kaslo. Mission, BC, 1928-1931. The effects of the Great Depression. Missions to the Indians and Orientals, and his work as Superintendent of Home Missions. Relocation of Japanese Canadians. Visit to the Yukon. Policy in the Cariboo. [NOTE: The conclusion of this interview is on tape T1991:0006.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Elizabeth Giegerich relates memories of early Ainsworth and Kaslo. Her father, Henry Giegerich, moved his family to Ainsworth Hot Springs from Montana in 1891. Elizabeth's younger sister was the first white child born in Ainsworth. Her father was a storekeeper in Ainsworth and later at Kaslo. She discusses many events including town fires, the celebrations, Queen Victoria's Jubilee, sports, social life, George Kane and John Kean, prospecting, early settlers, and the effects of World War I. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: George Palmer came from Calgary to Kaslo in 1897 with his family. He recalls childhood memories of Kaslo, early residents including: John Kean, John Dawson, Pete Culligan, Scotty Mitchell, Spokane Harris, mining activities, schools, the red light district, and the Comique, a theatrical or variety show venue. He discusses the railroads of the area; Kaslo and Slocan and the Great Northern, the "Fire of 1910" and old timers of the area.

TRACK 2: Basil Palmer, George's brother, continues this tape. He was four years old when the family arrived in Kaslo. He discusses the town of Kaslo, transportation, May 24 celebrations, horse races, main street, the Kaslo and Slocan Railway, and Great Northern Lake Transportation. He recalls the mining boom being over by 1900 and local individuals such as Henry Giegerich, John L. Natallack, Ralph Kenyon, Sandy Robinson, the Comique, local agriculture and the CPR lake boats.

CALL NUMBER: T0934:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Harry Mawdsley talks about life in the Kootenay Lake region prior to 1900. He describes his family background and how he came to Crawford Bay in 1895. He discusses steamers; Crawford Bay in 1895; packing from Crawford Bay; trails; more about packing and adventures while packing; Silver Hill Mine; ore shipped to Nelson; Pilot Bay and Marysville smelters; lead and zinc separation; Pilot Bay and Crawford Bay settlement, and Gray Creek. TRACK 2: He continues with more on Silver Hill Mine and Rainville; parties; bringing in the first plough to Crawford Bay; his father-in-law, Alfred McClellan, at Pilot Bay; the sinking of the "Ainsworth"; races between the CPR and GN boats; Jean Montreuil; Dave Clarke; Morice; the railroad; the "Kuskanook"; more about the railroad; and grizzly hunting near Crawford Bay.

CALL NUMBER: T0934:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Mawdsley describes an incident while packing on St. Mary's trail; Charlie Sherwin; Ainsworth; practical jokes; hotels; mining; Nelson; Kaslo; Slocan; Fort Steele; St. Eugene Mission; more; about Fort Steele; CPR boats in the East Kootenays. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Lardeau area, 1920s and 1930s RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1977-01-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Arrival in Trout Lake, 1920; personal background; description of Trout Lake; work as a nurse's aide in Kaslo; describes Revelstoke, 1924; training as a nurse in Revelstoke, 1924-27, skis on car. TRACK 2: Meets future husband in Beaton in 1930; Comaplix, 1931; Beaton, 1931; logging and mining in the area; North Okanagan Health Unit; ferries; more on mining; nursing in Beaton and area; travel; sternwheelers.

Historical notes regarding Kaslo; submission concerning road through Earl Grey Pass.