2014.036.135 Partial clearing for golf course at New Fauquier

Accession Num: 2014.036.135

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Document Date: 1967-05-31 - --

Donors: Nelson Museum Archives & Gallery

Creators: Gagel Foto Service

Keywords: 1960s, Arrow Lakes flooding (Columbia River Treaty), Fauquier & District Golf Club, golf, and Lower Arrow Lake

Locations: Fauquier

Physical Description:
1 b/w photograph

Notes:
45 acre clearing for golf course ('Edgewood Fauquier Needles Golf Course Centennial Project Golf Course') at New Fauquier with Lower Arrow Lake in background, 31 May 1967. Published by Nelson Daily News in newsletter, 18 August 1967. Accompanied caption: 'New Fauquier has already set aside 45 acres, currently being cleared, for the golf course which is to be built on the area shown above. The New Fauquier Development Committee, in a letter to B.C. Hydro stated: "New Fauquier has a million dollar view and future residents will always be glad the town is situated where it is."' Image by Gagel Foto Service