2016.005.252 Berts Mum & Dads’ house being moved up to the farm from Edgewood on June 10th 1967

Accession Num: 2016.005.252

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Document Date: 1967-06-10 - --

Donors: Annette Devlin and Brian Hopp

Creators: Doris Hopp

Keywords: 1960s, Arrow Lakes flooding (Columbia River Treaty), barge, building relocation, Hopp; Bert, Hopp; Cornelia 'Corrie' (deGans), Hopp; Doris (Keffer), Hopp; Hank, Lower Arrow Lake, and tugboats

Locations: Edgewood

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1 colour digital photograph (3649 pixels x 3610 pixels)

Notes:
Hank Hopp & Corrie Hopp home being loaded onto barge, Lower Arrow Lake at Edgewood, 10 June 1967. The house was moved to the Hopp family farm in the Inonoaklin Valley north of Edgewood in advance of the Edgewood townsite's flooding by the construction of Arrow Dam the following year. Bert Hopp and Doris Hopp moved into the house in autumn 1968.

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