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This is a collection of video interviews with Pemberton & District residents.
  | Bill Fowler 2003 - excerpt 1This is an excerpt from an interview with Bill Fowler in 2003. The interviewers were Jeanette Helmer and Helen Purden who recorded conversations with several local elders in 2003. In this excerpt Bill speaks about the Fowler house and the house fire his family suffered, Lillooet River ferries, prospecting on local mountains and Perkins' blueberry pie. Accession number 008.15Watch Video |
 | Bill Fowler 2003 - excerpt 2-3This is another excerpt from an interview with Bill Fowler in 2003. The interviewers were Jeanette Helmer and Helen Purden who recorded conversations with several local elders in 2003. In this excerpt Bill speaks about early prospecting and mines on local mountains. This story is a great example of the toughness of pioneers and the local First Nations as they explored the landscape.Accession 008.15Watch Video |
 | Clifford Ronayne 2003 - excerpt 1This is an excerpt from an interview with Clifford Ronayne in 2003. The interviewers were Jeanette Helmer and Helen Purden who recorded conversations with several local elders in 2003. In this excerpt Clifford talks about early farming, hiking and being born during the 1918 Spanish Flu.Watch Video |
 | Elizabeth WenigerBetty Weniger visited the museum on July 22, 2016. Betty is the daughter of Ian Nicholson who owned the Shantz house after W.M. Miller. Last time the museum spoke to Betty was by correspondence in 1981, and the letter has since been archived. Betty always wanted to come back to Pemberton, so to celebrate her 90th birthday, her daughter brought her for a tour of her childhood home.Watch Video |
 | Interview with Joe Antonelli - August 13thOn August 13th Joe Antonelli came to the museum to talk about his years living in the Pemberton Valley. Joe worked in logging and trucking for many years and had a lot of interesting stories to tell. August 13th 2011.Watch Video |
 | Joe Antonelli 2011 - short versionOn August 13th 2011 Joe Antonelli came to the museum to talk about his years living in the Pemberton Valley. Joe talks about working as a forest ranger, his tie mill at Tisdale and how happy he was to get called up to the air force while he was logging in the 1940's.Watch Video |
 | Margeret Fougberg 2003 - excerpt 1This is an excerpt from an interview with Margaret Fougberg in 2003. The interviewers were Jeanette Helmer and Helen Purden who recorded conversations with several local elders in 2003. In this excerpt Margaret remembers early days in Pemberton, meeting Slim, the Lundgren house and teaching in Pemberton. When she wasn't teaching, Margaret was also a co-author of the Pemberton history book and started the museum effort. She was the first Curator and established the archives. She was also a trustee on the new school board in the 1950s (SD48) with Slim and lobbied for the creation of the Outdoor School in the 1970s.Watch Video |
 | Margaret Fougberg Interview: 2003This is an edited clip from an interview with Margaret Fougberg at her home on Bowen Island. The interview was an initiative of Jeanette Helmer and Helen Purden, Women's Institute members, who set out to interview Pemberton and Mt. Currie elders in 2003. Margaret Fougberg was the Pemberton Museum's first curator and a large percentage of the museum collection was collected by Margaret and her husband Thor (Slim) Fougberg. Margaret was an author of the book, "Pemberton: History of a Settlement" along with Frances Decker and Mary Ronayne. In this clip Margaret talks about the creation of the history book, the creation of the museum, her family's history on Bowen Island, how she met Slim and their early days in Pemberton.Watch Video |
 | Margaret Lester 2003 - excerpt 1This is an excerpt from an interview with Margaret Lester in 2003. The interviewers were Jeanette Helmer and Helen Purden who recorded conversations with several local elders in 2003. Margaret was a famed basket maker in Mt. Currie B.C. [Lil'wat Nation]. In this excerpt Margaret demonstrates basket making, and remembers picking huckleberries, nurses and doctors in Mt. Currie and going to residential school in Mission B.CWatch Video |
 | May Walker Interview October 2015In October 2015 we interviewed May Walker nee Taylor, the oldest living Pembertonian. May has lived in Pemberton her whole life and was happy to share her stories with us.Watch Video |
 | Molly Ronayne 2003 - excerpt 1This is an excerpt from an interview with Mary (Molly) Ronayne in 2003. The interviewers were Jeanette Helmer and Helen Purden who recorded conversations with several local elders in 2003. In this excerpt Molly explains how she ended up in Pemberton, how she met Clifford, the challenges she faced living off the land and getting electricity. Molly was a co-author of the book Pemberton: History of a Settlement along with Frances Decker and Margaret Fougberg.Watch Video |
 | Morgan Miller 2003 - excerpt 1This is an excerpt from an interview with Morgan Miller in 2003. The interviewers were Jeanette Helmer and Helen Purden who recorded conversations with several local elders in 2003. Morgan's father was W.M. Miller, one of Pemberton's earliest settlers. In this excerpt Morgan remembers some very long walks into the mountains to Goat Meadows and Chilcotlin country. Morgan also recounts his father's 2000 mile trek down the Yukon River from Dawson City Yukon to Nome Alaska.Watch Video |
 | Nick Andrews 2003 - excerpt 1This is an excerpt from an interview with Nick Andrews in 2003. The interviewers were Jeanette Helmer and Helen Purden who recorded conversations with several local elders in 2003. In this excerpt Nick remembers going to residential school in Mission B.C., going to the movies in Pemberton, horse races and living off the land.Watch Video |
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Did you know?
Port Pemberton was founded as a stopping point on the historic Harrison-Lillooet gold rush trail over 160 years ago.
30,000 gold-rushers passed through this region from 1858 to 1865 and Port Pemberton was an important stopping point for travelers making their way to Lillooet and the gold-fields beyond!