Lansdowne (B.C.)

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B.F. Young interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-11-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. B.F. Young describes his family background; his mother and uncle at Lumby; his father's background; how his father came to Canada; the town of Lansdowne; the Chinese people there; farming; in the area; a story about a fire in the town; people in the Armstrong area; cowboys and other characters; Captain Shorts' canal; general comments about farming and development in the area. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Gladys Young interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-11-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Gladys Young, wife of Benjamin Franklin Young, discusses some of her experiences between 1900 and 1914. She begins with an anecdote about her arrival in Armstrong to teach in 1908; people in Armstrong; Greenwood in 1900; her family background and impressions of Greenwood; returning to Greenwood from school in Yale; a discussion of life at All Hallow's Girls School at Yale; more on Greenwood; schooling in Vancouver; how she came to Armstrong; impression of Lansdowne and Armstrong; the beginning of Armstrong including people and life there. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Maria MacDonald interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Maria MacDonald talks about early days in the Armstrong area, 1885 to 1900. She discusses how she was born in Granville; Quebec; why and how her father came to BC; his background; rail;road work; a trip to the Okanagan from Nicomen; first impressions of the valley; Lansdowne; Enderby; her father's work on a boat owned by R.P. Rithet; how her husband walked in from Vancouver in 1889; her husband's work; pioneer life; the railway and Armstrong; Robert Wood; her father's work on a sternwheeler; fruit farms; her house; and development in the area. [TRACK 2: blank.]