Deborah Chapman

Main Street, Seymour Arm, circa 1920s. Where are the saloons of 1866?

My Canada, My Shuswap

An ‘instant town’ crops up at Seymour Arm.

Main Street, Seymour Arm, circa 1920s. Where are the saloons of 1866?
Mah Yick in front of the Hudson Street laundry

Mah Yick’s historic laundry in Salmon Arm

Janet Bradley, granddaughter of Mah Yick, came to Salmon Arm from Ontario after reading my blog about the opening of the Mah Yick Laundry

Mah Yick in front of the Hudson Street laundry
Stirling’s tea room was a popular luncheon spot in 1917.

Cemetery walk features mystery wedding dress

A mystery wedding dress is hanging in the museum’s clothing collection at R.J. Haney Heritage Village

Stirling’s tea room was a popular luncheon spot in 1917.

Haney seeking bed sheets

It isn’t often that staff members at R.J. Haney Heritage Village have to beg when it comes to laundry

Museum artifacts boxed up

The homestead was moving to a permanent location and all the artifacts, doors, and windows had to be removed

Peaceful pastime: First World War hero Art Ritchie feeds the ducks at McGuire Lake.

Tour speaks well of the dead

Deborah Chapman is up to one of her favourite fall activities – preparing to take people on her annual “Speak of the Dead” tour

Peaceful pastime: First World War hero Art Ritchie feeds the ducks at McGuire Lake.