Accession Num: 2014.003.2137
Negative Code: I2-11
Extent:
Document Date: 1967-- - --
Donors: Florence Adshead
Creators: Florence Adshead
Keywords: 1960s, Arrow Lakes flooding (Columbia River Treaty), Columbia River, farms, fire, Joe & Florence Adshead farm (Makinson), Mount Ingersoll, Sand Island, The Narrows, and Upper Arrow Lake
Locations: Arrow Park and Makinson
Physical Description:
1 colour slide (35 mm)
Notes:
View from Joe Adshead & Florence Adshead farm at Makinson looking across The Narrows (Columbia River) to debris and brush piles being burned at Grahams Landing by BC Hydro, 1967. This was done in advance of the flooding of the Arrow Lakes valley by the Arrow (Hugh Keenleyside) Dam. Mount Ingersoll in background. Sand Island has already been levelled at centre.