Henry on ‘Shan’ at the top of Secrest Hill. They rode up the slope where people used to toboggan and dirt bike–where the kiosk is now about a km from Covert Farms. That’s McIntyre Bluff in the background… He was up there riding with Margaret and Bill & Phil Parsons. Circa 1964. He would have been about […]
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75 years in Oliver: Pioneer Henry Anderson passes
October 20 1913 – April 18 2011 William Henry Anderson was born at Port Reeve, SK, in 1913, in a sod shanty. His parents homesteaded there in 1910 as they raised three sons. The family moved to BC due to the depression in the 1930s, settling in the Oliver area in 1936. Henry was a […]
Hot sun – trees come alive
Loukie Schuurman passes
Schuurman, Cornelia May 22, 1929 – Apr 7, 2011 On Thursday April 7, 2011, Mrs. Loukie Schuurman of Oliver passed away suddenly but peacefully at her home in Willowbrook at the age of 81 years. Loukie will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her children Rick, Ronald (Angeline), Robin (Anthony) and Lesca (Alan) and […]
A path, an oxbow and two benches
New Parks tractor will be local
This is a John Deere on loan from a farm equipment supplier up the valley. It will be going home soon as the Oliver Parks Board has decided to go local, and will buy the big orange machine – Kubota from Gerard’s Equipment. Both tractors were tested by staff and board members. The recommendation was […]
