Revelstoke (B.C.)

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Bill La Chance interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-03-09 SUMMARY: Mr. E.W. (Bill) LaChance recalls his experiences working as an locomotive fireman and engineer for the CPR, based in Revelstoke. This interview mainly relates his story as the sole survivor of the Rogers Pass Snow slide of 1910, in which fifty-eight railroad workers were killed.

[British Columbia travel scenes]

Amateur film. "[B&W:] Victoria Harbour. Empress Hotel. View from Empress Hotel. [COLOUR:] Evening in Esquimalt. University of British Columbia. A house in Shaughnessy. Becky and Gore and her brother Bob. Vancouver skyline from Brockton Point. Scottie Wilson. North Vancouver. B&W: Osoyoos Lake, going up Anarchist Mountain. Looking [southwest] through windshield. Causeway between Osoyoos Lake and Skaha Lake. Penticton main street. Looking at Okanagan Lake from Summerland. Kelowna Regatta. Aquatic Club. Ferry from Westbank to Kelowna. Becky and Rob on ferry at Kelowna. Black Mountain in distance. Looking north on Okanagan Lake. Kelowna main street. Rutland Road, packing house. Dog on Edie Gay Ranch. T.G.S. Chambers and dog. House on Belgo. A.K. Lloyd, our next door neighbour. Apples. Pixie Wilson with horse. Kelowna looking down Okanagan Lake. Paddy and Patricia Acland. O.V. Maude Roxby & Mr. Hart. Looking over RLO Bench to Kelowna. Looking at Black Mountain from ranch. House. Orchards on Belgo Road, Kelowna. Pruning the orchard. Revelstoke - main ski jump. Nels Nielson, champion jumper. Looking down the Columbia River. North shore road at Agassiz. Harrison Lake with Mt. Douglas. Railway and road bridge across the Fraser River. Pattullo Bridge. Empress Hotel. Pier D, Vancouver, before the fire. "Princess" boat. View from Metropolitan Building. Marine Building with Stanley Park. Top of Royal Bank Building, Vancouver, with representatives of Cockfield-Brown and both Chambers. Pan over Vancouver skyline. Cambie Street Bridge. Advertising tea. Georgia Street. Old CPR Hotel. House on Balfour Street, Vancouver. Film star Lilian Chambers off to Chicago." (Colin Browne)

Calder Soules interview

CALL NUMBER: T2636:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Beaton, B.C., and area, 1921-1965 (part 1) RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1977-03-04 SUMMARY: Calder Soules describes transportation, mining, taxi business, schooling in Beaton, and the Upper Arrow Lake region, 1921 to 1965.;

CALL NUMBER: T2636:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Beaton, B.C., and area, 1921-1965 (part 2) RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1977-03-04 SUMMARY: Calder Soules discusses the history of Beaton and Revelstoke, 1921 to 1965.;

Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.) photographs

Series consists of 545 photographs of the Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.), thought to be taken by Richard or Hannah Maynard. In 1880-1881, Richard Maynard was hired to document the construction of the C.P.R. but photos within this series may have been taken at later dates or by other photographers. Images depict trains ("rolling stock"); views of locations along the construction route, including rivers, bridges, and mountains; tracks and construction in progress; wrecks following accidents; snowsheds; and portraits of workers.

Maynard (family)

Case files from appeals

  • GR-2774
  • Series
  • 1920-1947

Case files from appeals: 11/20 Rosa Boutry; 16/20 Donald M. Stuart; 40/25 George Laforme; 121/31 Frederick Barrett; 26/32 Stefen Dmuchowski; 14/47 Isacco Colussi; 5/47 Steve Harnjoik (Hornyk).

British Columbia. County Court (Revelstoke)

Case files from appeals of criminal convictions

  • GR-2773
  • Series
  • 1923-1931

Case files from appeals of criminal convictions: 10/23 Hiskias Heinanen; 16/23 Elsie Simmons and Harry Greenwood: 3/31 Phillip Moase.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Revelstoke)

Cause book

  • GR-2281
  • Series
  • 1944-1945

Cause book (indexed).

British Columbia. Small Debts Court (Revelstoke)

Cause books

  • GR-2425
  • Series
  • 1900-1948

Cause books (indexed).

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Revelstoke)

Certificates of work and record of mineral claims and transfers

  • GR-0222
  • Series
  • 1891-1930

The series consists of records created by the Revelstoke Gold Commissioner between 1891 and 1930. It includes certificates of work and records of mineral claims and transfers.

British Columbia. Gold Commissioner (Revelstoke)

Columbia 64-65 : out-takes

The item consists of 14 reels of colour film out-takes, made around 1964-1965. The footage includes an extensive selection of unused footage documenting aspects of construction at the Arrow, Duncan and Mica dam sites, as well as other operations and events relating to the Columbia River project; plus scenes of the Revelstoke ski tournament and parade, Mica housing development, "test lab North Vancouver," etc. There are outs from "Action on the Columbia", "Columbia '65" and other Parry-produced films on the project.

Columbia Forest District range and land use records

  • GR-4069
  • Series
  • 1985-1998

This series consists of a variety of range management and recreational land use records created from 1985-1998 by the Columbia Forest District, a division of the Nelson Forest Region. The series also includes records from the Revelstoke Forest District, Golden Forest District, and Mica Creek Forest Station. All files were managed as part of the Columbia Forest District when the files were closed.

The series includes the following types of records:

Range management records relate to the administration of Grazing Licences and Grazing Permits as defined under the Range Act, and Grazing Leases as defined under the Land Act. This includes their issuance, amendment, transfer, billing, monitoring, policy, and administration. This may include records concerning additions and deletions of land and/or authorized Animal Unit Months (AUM) from grazing tenures. Records may include tenure application forms, grazing plans, range use plans, correspondence, maps, surveys and reports.

Forest Service facilities, sites and trail files relate to the routine maintenance, rehabilitation and development of Forest Service recreation sites and trails. Includes records relating to the planning, designation, assessment, design and construction of recreation sites and trails. Types of records can include correspondence, reports, studies, published material, photos, and maps.

There are also files regarding related brochures and recreation maps, as well as protected areas strategies.

The ministries responsible for creating these records, and the years that they were responsible, are:
Ministry of Forests (1976-1986)
Ministry of Forests and Lands (1986-1988)
Ministry of Forests (1988-2005)

The records were classified as 15700-20, 16300-20, 16400-50, 16660-40, 16700-05, 16700-06, and 16800-20 in the Forest Operational Records Classification System (ORCS).

British Columbia. Columbia Forest District

Columbia River project : selected footage

The item consists of five reels of original reversal film footage and outs. The footage shows aspects of the Columbia River project other than dam or powerhouse construction. It includes: people and scenery along the Columbia, abandoned homes and communities on the Arrow Lakes, burning/demolition of old buildings, flooding on the Columbia and in the Arrow Lake villages, flood at Trail (June 1967), Dept. of Highways ferries serving the area, the Gates of St. Leon Hotel, the burning of the derelict stern wheeler S.S. "Minto" and winter recreation/festivities and other scenes at the town of Mica.

Conditional sales agreements and lien notes

  • GR-2403
  • Series
  • 1896-1958

Revelstoke conditional sales agreements and lien notes, 1896-1955; 1957-1958. There are index volumes which correspond to these files in GR-2471.

Box 1: 1896-1929
Box 2: 1930-1958

Date ranges are 1896-1955 and 1957-1958

British Columbia. County Court (Revelstoke)

Correspondence

Series consists of letters to his wife, Ruth (McKinnon) Sutherland, 1929-1941. The letters, written to his second wife both before and after their marriage, are concerned mainly with day to day domestic affairs. However, some refer to the 1929 Canadian tour of H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, who was attended by Dr. Sutherland as House Physician, Hotel Vancouver. Two letters describe campaigning in the 1933 provincial election.

Dave Barrett : [1975 fall tour, etc.]

CALL NUMBER: T1704:0037 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Penticton (B.C.), 1975-09-15 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Penticton, 15 September 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0038 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Oliver (B.C.), 1975-09-16 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Oliver, 16 September 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0039 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Greenwood (B.C.), 1975-09-16 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Greenwood, 16 September 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0040 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Trail (B.C.), 1975-09-17 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Trail, 17 September 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0041 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Fernie (B.C.), 1975-09-18 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Fernie, 18 September 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0042 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Cranbrook (B.C.), 1975-09-19 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Cranbrook, 19 September 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0043 - 0044 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Vernon (B.C.), 1975-09-23 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Vernon, 23 September 1975 (part 1 & 2). CALL NUMBER: T1704:0045 - 0046 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1975-09-24 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Revelstoke, 24 September 1975; introduced by Labour Minister Bill King (part 1 & 2). CALL NUMBER: T1704:0047 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Golden (B.C.), 1975-09-25 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Golden, 25 September 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0048 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Financial and economic review RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-09-30 SUMMARY: Financial and economic review, 30 September 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0049 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Press conference announcing cabinet changes RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-10 SUMMARY: David Barrett press conference announcing cabinet changes, October 1975. CALL NUMBER: T1704:0050 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Smithers (B.C.), 1975-10-09 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Smithers, 9 October 1975.

Doris Smith interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-10-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Doris Smith recalls Revelstoke in the early part of the 20th century. She describes the society and life in the lower and upper part of the community. Descriptions are provided of the Chinese New Year celebrations, the Fire Brigade socials and Revelstoke of 1910. Mrs. Smith's father came from Switzerland to settle in Revelstoke. He loved the area and enjoyed mountain climbing, with his friend R.R. Copeland. She recounts parties at the Opera House, school days, and Halloween pranks. The Chinese district and ceremonies are described.

TRACK 2: Mrs. Smith continues with a child's view of the Chinese quarter, and the red light district. She includes anecdotes about miners and packers, Christmas and New Year's celebrations, school and Sunday school concerts and impressions of the declaration of World War I. The interview concludes with recollections of the Griffiths farm.

Doug Abrahamson interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-01-29 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: Doug Abrahamson recalls Revelstoke at the turn of the century. His family came from Sweden, settled in Revelstoke and built and ran the Central Hotel. He describes the social life and customs in Upper Town and Lower Town, characters from the Revelstoke area and Big Bend region, the steamboat "Revelstoke", and trails in the area. Incidents around town. The local red light district; the various "houses" and their inhabitants. He also discusses the Rogers Pass slide of 1910, Illecillewaet, and the transfer of the CPR divisional point from Donald to Revelstoke.

Eugene Leveque interview

CALL NUMBER: T0344:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Eugene Leveque's family came from Winnipeg to Alberta and, in 1904, to Revelstoke. He recalls early Revelstoke including its red light district, local miners, hotels, the lumber industry, the railroad, and picnicking with his family. By 1908 they had moved to Comaplix, a sawmill town established in 1892; he describes growing up in this "company town". He describes nearby settlements with different nationalities: Japanese, Italians, Swedes, Norwegians, American, Doukhobors and Welshmen; hotels; Russ Evans; and railroads. He recalls women in the town, "Old Fan", Molly Brown, sports teams, the school building and the teachers, church services, Billy Gerard, the Blaney family, Dog Salmon, winter stories and wildlife.

TRACK 2: He continues with his childhood memories of Comaplix. His family moved to Nakusp in 1911. Mr. Leveque played a cornet in the local band and participated in many community events including the opening of the railroad from Kaslo to Nakusp on July 1, 1915; Sam Henry's large funeral ceremony; and Christmas events. He has many recollections of the local dramatic society, its many varied productions, the Bolger family, and Tom Abriel and his opera hall. Other early townspeople included: F.W. Jordan, Lyle McDougall and Mrs. Moffat.

CALL NUMBER: T0344:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: This tape continues with recollections of: Mrs. Moffat, the "Hot Springs", Doctor Laval, remittance men, Mr. Hudson, Harry Hughes, Captain Forsland, S.S. "Bonnington", World War One, Mr. Grady, Halcyon Hot Springs, Burton, Mineral City, Nels de Mars and "Daddy Redfern". Mr. Leveque relates the history of newspaper publishing in the area, including: Bobby Barrett who started the "Arrow; Lakes Advocate", later owned by Tom Abriel; Jim Greer ran the "Leasor"; Colonel Lowery, "who was quite a writer" ran the "Kaslo Claim", later the "New Denver Ledge", "Kaslo Reclaimed", the "Kootenaian Float" and the "Greenwood Ledge". He also talks about the MacDougall trial and the newspaper coverage by Colonel Lowery. [TRACK 2: blank.]

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