Preserving the past

Local author tells story of homesteader in new book

Forest Grove author Marianne Van Osch has released a new book about Cariboo homesteader Toody Shirran, who as a young girl in 1925 settled with her family at Sand Point near the Clearwater Trial, which First Nations people used to travel from Canim Lake to Clearwater Country.

The book is titled, Along The Clearwater Trail.

Read the rest of the story read the Sept. 25 edition of the 100 Mile House Free Press.

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