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DRAFT REPORT: Rights and Title Interests in <strong>the</strong> Columbia Valley Transmissi<strong>on</strong> Project Area<br />

moved where <strong>the</strong>re was a lot <strong>of</strong> game. For instance he always had to<br />

move into <strong>the</strong> Kootenay Valley because he figured that was a paradise<br />

for hunting. That was his paradise, <strong>the</strong> Kootenay Valley.<br />

…………………….<br />

Imbert: Do you know <strong>the</strong> route that <strong>the</strong>y came across? Where<br />

would <strong>the</strong>y cross <strong>the</strong> mountains?<br />

Tracie: That was, <strong>the</strong>y came from Shuswap Lake into... I remember<br />

her talking about <strong>the</strong> Big Bend. Do you know <strong>the</strong> Kinbasket Lake was<br />

named after my grandfa<strong>the</strong>r? There's a lake <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> Big Bend road, <strong>the</strong><br />

Kinbasket Lake, and that's where <strong>the</strong>y stayed for <strong>the</strong> winter. Every winter<br />

<strong>the</strong>y went back to <strong>the</strong> Kinbasket Lake to winter and... <strong>of</strong> course, <strong>the</strong>re<br />

was a lot <strong>of</strong> animals <strong>the</strong>re to hunt and trap; that is why <strong>the</strong>y stayed <strong>the</strong>re.<br />

Grandmo<strong>the</strong>r always said <strong>the</strong> winters were terrific <strong>on</strong> account <strong>of</strong> very<br />

heavy snow, deep snow, but <strong>of</strong> course <strong>the</strong>y had <strong>the</strong>ir snowshoes.<br />

Imbert:<br />

Tracie:<br />

Was your grandmo<strong>the</strong>r with <strong>the</strong>m?<br />

Oh yes. Yeah, grandmo<strong>the</strong>r was with <strong>the</strong>m.<br />

The interview c<strong>on</strong>tinued with Mrs. Williams (b. 1912) explaining to Imbert Orchard how her<br />

grandmo<strong>the</strong>r was am<strong>on</strong>g <strong>the</strong> people who moved from <strong>the</strong> west:<br />

Imbert:<br />

Tracie:<br />

Imbert:<br />

Was your grandmo<strong>the</strong>r with <strong>the</strong>m?<br />

Oh yes. Yeah, grandmo<strong>the</strong>r was with <strong>the</strong>m.<br />

How old would she be about that time?<br />

Tracie: At that time? I imagine she was quite young. 161 She wasn't<br />

too young but she was more <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong>...<br />

Imbert:<br />

Was she married at that time?<br />

Tracie: Yes, she was married <strong>the</strong>n, yes. Because my mo<strong>the</strong>r was<br />

born here, she was born at Vermili<strong>on</strong> -- it's north <strong>of</strong> here. 162<br />

161 The 1901 and 1911 Canada census provides a birth date for Maryann, wife <strong>of</strong> Pierre Kinbasket, as 1837.<br />

162 Tracie Williams, November 1964. Transcript <strong>of</strong> interview by Imbert Orchard. C<strong>BC</strong> Imbert Orchard<br />

Collecti<strong>on</strong>. Tape IH-<strong>BC</strong>.66.Original held by <strong>the</strong> <strong>BC</strong> Archives, Victoria. Transcript available <strong>on</strong>line. This interview<br />

is not referenced in ei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> 2008 Shuswap Indian Band TUS compiled by Fish Lake C<strong>on</strong>sulting, or <strong>the</strong> 2007<br />

Bouchard & Kennedy Research C<strong>on</strong>sultants Page 37<br />

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