Accession Num: 2016.005.254
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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, and Lower Arrow Lake
Locations: Edgewood
Physical Description:
1 colour digital photograph (3629 pixels x 3610 pixels)
Notes:
Hank Hopp & Corrie Hopp being transported by barge from original Edgewood townsite to other side of Inonoaklin Creek, 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.