Kamloops

One Hundred Years of Community 1893-1993

Edited by Wayne Norton and Wilf Schmidt

Past, present and future...

In this unique collection of writing and photography, nineteen skilled individuals have explored various facets of Kamloops' colourful past, present and future. Through their eyes, we see the landscapes, the city scenes and the people who made life in this southwestern B.C. community interesting and exciting.

Kamloops: One Hundred Years of Community has an historic hand-tinted 1937 photograph as a four-colour wrap-around cover.

148 pages, maps and over 80 photos. 11" x 8.5" horizontal format paperback. Laminated four-color cover.
ISBN 0-929069-06-4   $18.95

Notes on Contributors

Bryan Best is originally from Calgary and came to Kamloops temporarily in 1982 to study at Cariboo College. Liking the size, location, climate, people, and opportunity for community involvement, he decided to stay. He attributes his ideal lifestyle in Kamloops to the challenge of theatre set-construction which demands all his skill, ingenuity, and creativity.

Geoff and Shirley Bodman have raised sheep on the family farm at Pinantan since 1965. They have held offices in the B.C. Sheep Breeders' Co-operative Association and have been involved in most phases of the sheep industry. Shirley has lived in the Kamloops area since 1943, has been a 4-H leader for seventeen years, and was one of the pioneers in getting sheep recognized as a silvicultural management tool. Geoff arrived in Kamloops in 1950 to work for the grazing division of the Forest Service.

Gerry Bond has been a Kamloops resident since 1952. He is the son of local veteran RCMP officer A.K. Bond. Gerry is a teacher at Kamloops Senior Secondary School and enjoys his many athletic and recreational pursuits.

Dave Davies emigrated to Canada from Wales in 1957 and has been a Kamloops resident for fifteen years. He is a former member of the Kamloops Heritage Advisory Committee. He has published numerous articles on railways and local history in Wales and British Columbia.

Elisabeth Duckworth graduated from Kamloops Secondary School, studied at Cariboo College for two years, and then attended the University of Toronto for six years of Classical Studies and Archeology. She joined the staff of the Kamloops Museum and Archives as Assistant Archivist in 1988, and has been Curator/Archivist of the Museum since 1990. She is busy restoring her own heritage garden in the west end of Kamloops.

Eleanor Witton Hancock is a substitute teacher, a tutor and a writer. She has been editor of the Kamloops Museum Association's newsletter for eight years. She is originally from Zeballos, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, and has lived with her husband, a Britisher, in a number of places in British Columbia.

Trish Keegan lived for over thirty years in the Vancouver area and moved to Kamloops in 1981. Since then she has studied, worked and participated in community life in Kamloops, enjoying the semi-arid climate, the unique beauty, and the friendly people.

Geoff La Casse is the historian with the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in Vancouver. His specialty is baseball and his planned projects include a book on early Vancouver baseball. Born and raised in B.C., Geoff is married and holds a Master's degree in History from Simon Fraser University.

Ian MacKenzie was born and raised on the B.C. coast, but has spent his adult life in the interior. He is married, the father of four children and the grandfather of eight. He taught in the Prince George and Kamloops School Districts, retiring in 1988, and is now self-employed in forestry.

Joan Newman was born in Portsmouth, England and has lived in Kamloops since 1931. She married Claude Newman and is the mother of eight children. When her youngest child began school, Joan accepted a position in the Synod office of the Anglican church, and for nearly twenty years was secretary to three successive bishops. She subsequently established an archives for the Anglican Diocese of Cariboo in Kamloops. Along with volunteer work for church and community, much of her time is still spent in the work of the archives.

Wayne Norton was born in Calgary and has been a teacher in Kamloops since 1977. He is married with two children. His interests include prairie history, international education and popular culture. He holds a Master's degree in History from the University of British Columbia. Previous work appears in the Scottish Historical Review and Prairie Forum.

Bernie Rothenburger was raised in the southern Okanagan and moved to Kamloops to begin his teaching career in 1965. He is a secondary school principal. His roots in the Kamloops area go deep. His mother was born in Kamloops and is a direct descendant the pioneer Donald MacLean. His parents owned and operated a local fishing resort for eighteen years. Bernie, his wife and two children have sagebrush, pine trees, and bunch grass in their veins.

Wilf Schmidt was born in Germany and emigrated to Canada at the age of twelve. He holds a degree in History from Simon Fraser University and has taught in Kamloops since 1973. He has been involved with the Kamloops Heritage Advisory Committee and has a special interest in the ghost towns of the Kootenay region. He has produced two heritage calendars and his historical research and photographs also appears in the B.C. Heritage Cemetary Symposium. Several exhibits at the Kamloops Art Gallery have revealed his passion for photography.

Ken Scopick is well known in the British Columbia heritage movement. He has managed numerous planning and restoration projects over the past twenty years and has received several awards for his work.

John Stewart has a B.A. in Canadian history and is completing his Master's degree in Archival Studies at the University of British Columbia. He was Assistant Archivist at the Kamloops Museum and Archives from 1980 to 1988, and is currently working as a contract archivist with the government of British Columbia. He contributed to the local history column in the Kamloops News from 1978-1988 and has published articles in the Canadian Encyclopedia and B.C. Studies.

Lynne Stonier-Newman is a long-time resident of the Kamloops area. She is the daughter of Eva and the late Gordon Nichol, Mayor of Kamloops from 1970 to 1972. She has published fiction, poetry, articles and a history book, Policing a Pioneer Province: The B.C. Provincial Police, 1858 - 1950. Lynne and her husband enjoy exploring the history of earlier eras.

Keith Wood was born in Portsmouth, England, the first son of a Canadian soldier and his British war bride. He received a B.A. in History from the University of British Columbia and subsequently worked for the Ambulance Service in Surrey and Kamloops. He now does contract and volunteer work for the Kamloops Museum and writes articles for the Rocky Mountain Rangers.

Al Yelland was born in Vancouver and moved to Kamloops in 1976. He has worked for B.C. Tel as a Central Office Maintenance Man, Toll Repeaterman, and Special Services Maintenanceman since 1962. His father also worked for B.C. Tel for over thirty years.