2023.002.019 Non Pareil

Accession Num: 2023.002.019

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Document Date: 1928-- - 1948--

Donors: Fauquier Communication Centre Society

Keywords: boats (general), Lower Arrow Lake, Non Pareil (boat), Rollins floating home, Rollins; Claude, and Rollins; Josephine (Murphy)

Locations: Fauquier

Physical Description:
1 photograph : b/w ; 25.3 x 16.8 cm

Notes:
LEFT: Claude Rollins' family's floating home, built by Claude & his father Joe Rollins, moored in the bay of Fauquier, Lower Arrow Lake, ca. late 1920s-1930s. RIGHT: Claude Rollins' launch Non Pareil. Built by Claude Rollins, the boat was used for ferry service between Needles and Fauquier on Lower Arrow Lake, as well as for towing log booms. Claude & Josephine Rollins lived in it for a time when first married in 1921. Photo via Bill Laux, Fauquier, via Helen Dickinson.