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Robson Valley Train Stories
Tags: Canadian National Railway, Catfish Creek BC, Dome Creek BC, Dunster Community Hall, farming, forest fire, High River AB, homestead, livestock, McBride roundhouse, Minnesota USA, New Horizons, overview, project, Robson Valley BC, Settlers' Effects, steam engines, Tete Jaune BC, train deliveries, weighfreight
Abbie Swanson,
McBride
Albert & Samantha Phillips,
Loos BC
Tags: 1940's, accidental death, annual rodeo, Catfish Creek BC, Crescent Spur BC, Crescent Spur School, Dome Creek BC, Equine Infectious Anemia, Forest Industry, Goat River BC, Goat River School, Leboe Lumber, LeSalle Lake, livestock, logging accident, Loos BC, Loos School, Loos Station, McBride BC, McBride Hospital, McGregor BC, Mud River BC, Newlands BC, oral history, pie socials, PMU farms, Prince George BC, Prince George Rodeo, Robson Valley BC, rodeo accident, steam engines, Swamp Fever, train deliveries, train travel, Viking AB
Anne Porrier,
McBride
Tags: 1930's, Alpine Cafe, annual parade, Canadian Armed Forces, Canadian National Railway, Eddy BC, Edmonton AB, farming, Forest Industry, France, Fraser Lake BC, Immigration, Jameson Hotel, Kamloops BC, Legrand BC, Lim's Cafe, McBride Bank, McBride BC, McBride Hospital, McBride movie theater, McBride Post Office, McBride School, oral history, Poland, Polish Armed Forces, Prince George BC, Qubec, Ringling Brother's Circus!, Robson Valley BC, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Snowshoe BC, structure fire, The Beanery, The British Royal Family, The Great Depression, Trail BC, train travel, transient population, Winnipeg MB, World War II
Dottie Hewitt,
Crescent Spur
Tags: 1970's, berry picking, Crescent Spur BC, Crescent Spur School, Department of National Defence, Evangelical Free Church, farming, Forest Industry, Highway 16 construction, livestock, McBride BC, Ontario, oral history, Robson Valley BC, Royal Canadian Navy, Victoria BC, Williams Lake BC, Winnipeg MB, World War II
Ed Horrocks,
McBride
Tags: 1940's, annual fair, annual rodeo, Barriere BC, Bethune SK, car accident, Dome Creek BC, Dunster Dance, Elks of Canada, farming, Forest Industry, livestock, McBride Hotel, McBride School, McBride Timber Products, Mountainview Road, Mountainview School, oral history, passenger train, river flood, Robson Valley BC, school bus, Settlers' Effects, steam engines, The Beanery, train travel, weighfreight, wildlife, World War II
Fern and Lloyd Sansom,
McBride
Tags: 1930's, 1988 Winter Olympics, annual fair, annual picnic, annual sports day, Beaver River BC, Beaver School, dairy farm, Department of Highways, Drumheller AB, education, electricity, farming, forest fire, Forest Industry, Hinton AB, Jasper AB, Lamming Mills BC, livestock, McBride High School, McBride Hospital, McBride roundhouse, McBride School, North Croydon School, oral history, Pertussis, Prince George BC, Robson Valley BC, school bus, Settlers' Effects, Snow Storm, Tete Jaune BC, The Beanery, The Great Depression, The Royal Canadian Legion, train travel, university education, Vancouver BC, Whooping Cough
Francis Blackman,
Tete Jaune
Tags: 1930's, annual picnic, berry picking, correspondence school, Dunster BC, Dunster Community Hall, Dunster Dance, farming, forest fire, Forest Industry, Highway 16 construction, Highway 5 construction, Hogan Creek BC, hunting, Jackman Station, Jasper AB, Kamloops BC, Kelowna BC, McBride Bank, McBride BC, mining, murder trial, oral history, post delivery by train, preserving food, Prince George BC, Robson Valley BC, train deliveries, train travel, Valemount BC, Valemount Community Hall, weighfreight, World War II
Ilona Pallagi,
Beaver River
Tags: Beaver River BC, Beaverview Lodge, berry picking, Calgary AB, Canmore AB, correspondence school, Edmonton AB, Forest Industry, Fur Industry, Highway of Tears, Holmes River BC, hunting, Lamming Mills BC, LaSalle Lake BC, Lethbridge AB, livestock, near death accident, oral history, Picton ON, Robson Valley BC, trap line, University of British Columbia, West Twin BC, Western Horseman Magazine, wildlife
Irma Brownlee,
Dunster BC
Tags: 1918 Flu, 1950's, Canadian National Railway, dairy farm, Dunster BC, Dunster Post Office, Dunster School, Dunster Store, education, electricity, farming, Jasper AB, livestock, McBride BC, McBride School, natural medicine, oral history, Prince George BC, Quesnel BC, Robson Valley BC, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK, Tete Jaune BC, Tete Jaune School, The Alaska Highway, The Western Producer Publication, train deliveries, Valemount School, Valemount BC, Yukon