2018.032.271 Demolition of Domke house, 1971

Accession Num: 2018.032.271

Negative Code: T31-11

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:
Former home of Art Domke & Kay Domke being 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.