Tea and Tales 2013
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Tea and Tales 2013
Starting in 2008, a program called Tea & Tales has run each summer. Every Tuesday during July and August the museum hosts a tea and brings in a speaker to talk about various topics relating to Pemberton's History. The following videos are sections of each talk. Accession 014.11
  | The Flood of 1984The Flood of 1984 was a major event in Pemberton resulting in an estimated $8.9 million dollars in flood related damages and one death. Listen to local residents recall the events of the 1984 flood. George Henry is hosting the presentation in replacement of Shirley Henry, which was mayor at that time and got involve into the whole management of this natural disaster. Some of the Museum board members, Florence Bilenduke, Georgina Erickson and Laurie Laursen also participate in this very interesting tale that touched everybody in the Pemberton and Mount Currie area in 1984. This story was told, July 30th 2013, during week 4 of the Tea & Tales at the Pemberton Museum.Watch Video |
 | The Durban Family and Seton PortageOrayne Carrie speaks about the history of the Durban family and their settlement in Seton Portage. Orayne researched the Durban family history in memory of her Grandmother, Frances Mary Webb Durban. At the end of this video, you will also get to learn more about our story teller, Orayne Carrie, a remarkable artist in the area. This story was told, July 23rd, 2013 during week 3 of the Tea & Tales at the Pemberton Museum.Watch Video |
 | Grassy Trails - Pre-Railway Transportation"Grassy Trails" is the story of how transportation evolved in the Pemberton area from the 1850's until the railway finally arrived to Pemberton in 1914. During the 1850's, gold-rushers from the United States made their way up north passing through British-Columbia's wild interior. The routes were not easy at that time! To know more about the transportation challenges of this era, watch the video. The tale takes place during the first 15 minutes of the video and was written by George Henry and performed by George & Niki Madigan. The tale is followed by some general interesting facts. This story was told during week 2 of the Tea & Tales at the Pemberton Museum.Watch Video |
 | Tea & Tales - Winston the Bear -Winston was a grizzly bear that had to get through a lot during his life. Born in the Pemberton area, he had to be relocated a couple of times because Winston got too familiar with humans. This story was told on July 9th 2013 by Hugh Naylor, during the first "Tea & Tales" of the summer at the Pemberton Museum.Watch Video |
 | Pemberton Valley NewsPemberton Valley News was a local newspaper published first by the Pemberton Chamber of Commerce and then by Wayne Ferguson. The paper had its start in the early 1972-74 through the Chamber and Wayne was a writer. The paper was revived by Wayne in 1993 through to the year of 2000. In this video, the crowd listened to Wayne's recollections of the challenges of producing a small community newspaper and his experiences gathering the news of the day in Pemberton. This story was told August 6th 2013 during week 5 of the Tea & Tales at the Pemberton Museum.Watch Video |
 | The Legend of Cataline JackThe presentation was dedicated to Jean Caux, who was a well-known mule packer during the gold rush era. A documentary was shown and George Henry shared with the crowd some interesting stories about this famous character! Here is a glimpse of the presentation. Please contact the Pemberton Museum if you are interested in viewing the whole version of the movie.Watch Video |
 | Artifact or Artifiction? - strange objects and their storiesThe Tea & Tales presentation on August 20th 2013, was an interactive talk about some of the museum’s strangest objects and their stories. Emma Chadsey (Collections Coord) and Niki Madigan (Curator) passed around some objects for participants to examine and participants had to determine which descriptions were true or false for each of these artifacts. Will you be able to tell artifact from artifiction?Watch Video |
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Port Pemberton was founded as a stopping point on the historic Harrison-Lillooet gold rush trail over 160 years ago.
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