Thank you for this! I saw my mom and aunties, dad and uncles, in all the faces working there. Mom was pregnant with me, but, was there somewhere making sandwiches and soup! So many names to remember.
You wonder why the first nations ignored the white European mans ignorance, history repeats "Nature must be given her unequivocal majesty" George Vancouver. Climate in the 22nd century
I think the story told in the film about the man in tears over loosing his farm house was referring to my then 49 year old grandfather Harry Irwin who had lost all the farm to the Hatzic breach. They saved the herd and rebuilt the farm .
My family’s farm, Maple Springs Guernseys, was located outside the Hatzic dike at the point where that dike failed. My father, Rob Irwin aged 22 and two university friends Dave Gibson and Jim Miltimore had moved the dairy herd up into the hills north of Dewdney in anticipation of flooding. The home and barns were flooded but standing, however when the dike failed the volume of water pouring into Hatzic lake area ripped everything off their foundations . The family home floated through the breach and they tied it up along the shore. My father told us a story of how the house and its contents were demolished by crews rebuilding the dike and the railway that ran along it.
When we bought our farm at the top of the escarpment closer to McConnel creek, the old fellow who sold it to us, told us of trucking his boat down Stavelake rd. to the bottom of the hill and rowing across the Hatzic flats looking for a place to get food. He said the whole valley was under water and you could only see the roofs of houses. I really enjoyed this video and seeing some of the people who were the originals of the area. Now, it is very built up and most people I know who lived there are gone.
@@carolynnedavis4841 my family still lives up near McConnell creek. Luckily, they have their supplies in order, 'cause they were worried about being able to get out of the valley.
