Barriere History
North Thompson Museum 343 Lilley Road V0E1E0 Barrière, BC, Canada

This mild winter got me thinking of how hard winter must have been back in the "old days" Looks like they knew how to have fun too though. Pictures from our history book. Exploring our roots.

We dont have any buildings in Barriere that are registered heritage buildings but have been working on a map that shows the older buildings/ their date and usage. Should be ready to use this summer.

Its wintertime - so how about a photo of the Kamloops Ski Hill - which opened in 1939 ? I drove past this ski hill hundreds of times on the Trans Canada going ...west out of Kamloops - but I never tried out the skiing on this hill . I'm not sure when the tow rope on this hill was taken out if service ? See more

Pioneer Women of the North Thompson The women that came with the men to settle the Barriere area were like every pioneer women of that era. They had to be able to handle most everything that came their way. They were nurses, teachers, cooks, farmers, builders and very inventive. We tend to think them mostly as the cooks, and cleaners but here’s some pictures to show how varied their lives were. Pictures taken from Barriere History book. Exploring our Roots.

Here is another article wrote by Eleanor Deckart. It probably was in the Clearwater newspaper as it is mostly about the Northern North Thompson. Of course there is a cemetary in Barriere and I know that some ranches have loved ones buried on their property.

I hope everyone has had a very Merry Christmas. I'm posting an newspaper article we found at the museum. It was wrote by Eleanor Deckert and we presume printed in the North Thompson Star/Journal. The original source is at the end of the article. I really enjoyed this one. I often wonder how names originate. Enjoy

Im sharing this from the Armstrong & Enderby Canada Then and Now fb page. I have no idea what this is. Maybe one of you does.

More horse pictures. Taken from our history book Exploring our Roots

Are you shopping for toys for Christmas presents. Here are some from the 60s. 2 are fun safe toys and the other 3 I dont know how they got onto the market.

Love these pictures of the work horses. I dont know how the pioneers would have survived without them. Im sure they were taken excellent care of.

Good morning. Here are the last of the Snowmobile Drag races pictures and some of the club. Hope you recognize some of these people. Around late 1980s. Newspaper write ups from the Star/Journal.

I've been looking through our history book Exploring our Roots and noticed all the pictures of vehicles. Im posting some today and will add more tomorrow. Hopefully someone can give us information on the year and type of vehicles. I can believe the loads the trucks used to carry.

I have this picture hanging on my wall. My most favorite. Goodbye Old Man Famous painting depicting a soldier saying a reluctant and sorrowful goodbye to his fatally wounded companion as a fellow soldier urges him to leave nearby. Painted by artist Fortunino Matania to portray the deep bond between man and animal, especially during times of war. Here, it’s used to rally support for a cause to assist the animals who served in the first World War It was commissioned by the Blue Cross in 1916 to raise money to help horses on active service.

Fran Wagstaff gave me this letter. It is advertisement for a ladies dress. There is a sample of material with it. Not sure but this may have been the ad the store got to purchase the dress's or was it for the general public. probably 1940-1950s???

Dad-Clarence Joseph Fortier and his brother / Uncle Edward Alexis Fortier - Men about town in Europe, during WWII

Honey I have changed the setting on this page for the next week so anyone with a picture or story of family members who were in service can post. Please share y...ou story with us. Thanks. I'm taking my stories from our history book "Exploring our Roots" Honey’s came to Chu Chua from England in 1931. Charlie enlisted in 1943 in the Canadian Veteran Guard and was a guard of German prisoners of war transporting them to various camps across Canada. One time during the war he telegraphed ahead to Chu Chua that he was coming through and the conductor would stop the train for a few minutes and he was able to say hello to all the people in Chu Chua. Edgar joined the Air Force in 1942 and trained as an air gunner. In 1943 they sailed overseas on the Queen Elizabeth landing at South Hampton. He was stationed on the southern coast of England and were known as Squadron 77.As a rear air gunner over Hanover Germany in 1943 they were shot down and he was shot in the back and leg. He was in a German prison camp for two years. When the war was over he returned and was discharged in 1945. Frank joined the Air Force in 1941. He was in a squadron that landed in Normandy at D Day. (next is a great story). I was with a group of Air Force buddies sitting around a table in a pub in Brussels and heard some Army boy at another table mention Chu Chua. Curious I went over to them and found Sandy Fennell sitting there. We sat together and had a few beers and then we each went our separate way. He remained in the Air Force for 37 years. See more

Jack Hockey In 1894 Jack Hockey was born in Governeur, New York. As a young man he travelled into Ontario to find work. While there he joined the Canadian milit...ary and was sent overseas to France where he was a dispatcher for the army and rode a motorbike to deliver messages. He was a member of the Eaton’s Motor Machine Gun Battery. While positioned in the trenches in France, he was injured and spent a long time in hospital in England. One day in London Jack was going down the embankment of the Thames and saw a young lady in distress. She was delivering parcel for her father, a chemist and had fallen from her bicycle. Parcels were everywhere and he stopped to help her pick them up. In 1915 he married the woman, Dorothy Alice Stunt. They came to Canada and travelled west. Several pieces of property had been acquired at Chinook Cove by the Soldier Settlement Board. It was these properties Jack Hockey and his friends purchased to farm. In the 1920’s the price of beef went down to about three cents a pound and most of the veterans and their families left. The Hockey family remained until 1951. Jack and Dorothy had four children. He built a log house for the family and in 1933 he built a barn. He kept horses, cows and chickens. The children grew up on the farm and shared in the life of the community. You need to read the rest of this story in our history book Exploring our Roots One of the children Iris kept a journal and there are interesting excerpts in the book as well as rest of the family tree. See more

Jeanette Noble sent me this photo of Jerry McDonald and suggested Ray'Teresa McDonald would be able to help with some information. I read in our history book that he grew up in Little Fort but we have no information on his military service.

Harold Printzhouse and Mac Livingstone Harold Printzhouse grew up in the Little Fort area. Harold was employed as a farm worker until his nineteenth birthday wh...en he joined the army. By then his brother Roy and friend Mac Livingstone, had already joined up. He found his brother Roy assigned to the Ordinace Corps, later to be known as the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and requested a transfer to join him. Three years later he returned to Little Fort, built a home and worked for the Forestry Service at local lookout stations. He then worked as a trucker and helped with the building of the community hall. Mac Livingstone also grew up in the Little Fort area. In his teens he worked on his parents dairy farm. Mac enlisted in the army in 1942 and served overseas where he was with the Canadian Scottish Regiment and participated in the liberation of Holland. After the war he returned to Little Fort. He belonged to the Dominion Marksman rifle Club. Mac purchased land under the Veteran’s land Act at Chinook Cove. See more