Louis Creek (B.C.)

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Adeline Genier interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Adeline Genier came to BC from Ontario in 1892; she describes her trip out west; her husband was Gilbert Genier, an electrician who got work from Sturgeon Falls to Vancouver working for the CPR. She was married in Kamloops in 1892 after her bout with mountain fever. The power house was built in Kamloops at this time. She mentions several people who worked on the power house and what was involved in learning how it worked. Her husband ran the power house for seven years until the family moved to Heffley Creek to buy a ranch. When the Klondike rush began they opened a stopping house for the two pack trains which came through; eventually sold it and the ranch and built a school at Heffley Creek. She is the mother of nine and she talks about how successful her life was. She describes the people and ranches at Heffley Creek and her family's values. She discusses recreation such as baseball. They moved to Barriere and she tells the story of how the town was named. TRACK 2: She describes Louis Creek and how it was named; the reserve and the roads going to and from the town. The Indians and how good neighbours they are. Anecdotes about Indians; how the children grew up with music; more anecdotes.

Margaret Ann Fennell interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Fennell, nee Struthers, born in Ontario, tells about her early life; the death of her father and subsequent move to Kamloops. She describes 25 Mile House, below Louis Creek in Potter's Flat, where she lived with her uncle who was a carpenter. She describes the journey there by horse and wagon; how she met her husband. She tells anecdotes about her life at 25 Mile House, and her life since. [TRACK 2: blank.]