World War, 1914-1918--British Columbia

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Maitland and Daisy Harrison interview : [Orchard, 1965]

CALL NUMBER: T0346:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Maitland Harrison came from England in 1908 with hopes of fruit farming. He describes the area around Queen's Bay and Crawford Bay and some of the early settlers, including the Lord Aylmer and Atree families fruit farming conditions and the large home and grounds his cousin, Commander Matthew James Harrison, built at Crawford Bay. The abandoned settlement of Pilot Bay is described with the resident lighthouse keeper, Gene Montrey.

TRACK 2: The description of his cousin's home at Crawford Bay is continued. In 1911, Maitland purchased land at Shutty Bench close to Kaslo. He describes Kaslo's main street, social activities, winter, settlers; the Anderson family, Dave Kane, Sam Green, and John Shutty; employment, the coming of the railway, and World War I. After the war he returned to Shutty Bench, but found neighbours had moved away, and he decided to relocate to Howser where he started a logging business with a friend, Mr. Ainsworth.

CALL NUMBER: T0346:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Harrison continues his description of Howser, trails used for cattle transport, Duncan Lake, also known as Howser Lake, the Lardeau Valley, the town of Lardo and residents, Henry Hincks, Slim Hadfield, Charlie Hendrickson, Healy of Healy's Landing, Bill Simpson, the Matthew brothers, Spencer's City, and Ferguson.

TRACK 2: The tape continues with a discussion of "Red" McLeod's exploits. Daisy, Mrs. Harrison, joins in the discussion of local characters: Red McLeod, Bob Boyles, a local hunter, Sammy Loffman, "Snowslide Pete", Edgar Peterson, and Maude Healy. She talks about leaving England and coming to Bonnington where her father owned the Queen Bess Mine. An unidentified female, probably Daisy's mother, whose husband worked for the Queen Bess Mine, adds to the discussion.

Margaret Draper interview

CALL NUMBER: T0904:0001 - 0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Margaret F. Draper remembers her childhood at Crawford Bay. She offers her memories of coming out to Canada in 1905 as a child on the SS "Vancouver" from Liverpool; her adventures on the train from Montreal to Winnipeg; her parents deciding to come to Nelson; her father, Frederick W. Simpson, bought land at Crawford Bay; reasons for coming to Canada and why they had to stay; her father was a school teacher and her mother, Eve Simpson, was a nurse. She describes her mother and Edith Cavell and the World War I soldiers' tuberculosis sanitariums at Balfour, B.C., from 1917 to 1918. Her mother found the adjustment to the new life in Canada difficult; no servants. Their house burned down in 1908; her father had a private income; bought land at Crawford Bay and she describes the move from Nelson to Crawford Bay. TRACK 2: Mrs. Draper continues with the family's move to Crawford Bay; her first days at Crawford Bay; Jack Horton and his family; starting school; her father was a volunteer teacher; the development of the Crawford Bay settlement; remittance men; Commander and Mrs. Harrison; the first years of fruit growing; Kootenay Indians; Pete and Martha who were two Kootenay Indians; and the Gray Creek settlement.

CALL NUMBER: T0904:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Draper continues with more on Kootenay Indians, such as their clothing and details about trapping; Edward "Teddy" Wakefield's store; the Farmer's Institute in 1914; the impact of World War I; the impact of the Depression; the highway; 1947 steamers and tugboats on Kootenay Lake; regattas and races; the Pilot Bay community; the family named their farm St. Dunstan's Ranch after a boys' school in England; the Burden and Watson sawmill in 1908; clearing land; George Zimmer; August "Gus" Hout and more on Teddy Wakefield. TRACK 2: Mrs. Draper concludes with a description of how William "Will" Bayliss captures everyday events in cartoons; an anecdote about "greenhorns"; recreation and amusements; boats from Gray Creek are described; tragedies; nostalgia; no church at Crawford Bay; weddings; Mr. William Goodwin; her father's death; her father in World War I, in Bonnington Falls and Field BC; a prisoner of war story; her mother as a nurse in the Crawford Bay area; and Eugene "Gene" Montreuil.