2018.032.262 Demolition of Domke house, 1971

Accession Num: 2018.032.262

Negative Code: T31-2

Extent:

Document Date: 1971-- - --

Donors: Ian Fraser

Creators: Milton Goddard

Keywords: 1970s, Arrow Lakes flooding (Columbia River Treaty), BC Parks, Blanket Creek Provincial Park, building demolition, Columbia River, Domke; Art, Domke; Kay, fire, and Upper Arrow Lake

Locations: Blanket Creek and Twelve Mile

Physical Description:
1 colour slide (35 mm)

Notes:
Smoke billowing from former home of Art Domke & Kay Domke about to be burned by BC Parks to clear site for new Blanket Creek Provincial Park south of former community of Twelve Mile, west shore of Upper Arrow Lake/Columbia River, 1971. This was the Art Domke & Kay Domke homestead prior to 1966 when the property was expropriated in advance of the flooding of the valley by Hugh Keenleyside Dam.

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