The Burton New Horizons Book Committee’s Whistle stops along the Columbia River narrows: a history of Burton and surrounding area chronicles the vibrant steamboat era and agrarian settlement along the vital Arrow Lakes corridor in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia. Set against the deep, glacially carved valleys connecting the Upper and Lower Arrow Lakes, the narrative details how early homesteaders, miners, and loggers mapped their riverside camps directly onto the ancient fishing and trading routes of the Sinixt and Ktunaxa peoples. The text reveals how these remote residents relied on tight-knit kinship alliances and the regular arrival of Columbia River sternwheelers to survive the profound geographic isolation of the narrows, forging a highly interdependent, water-bound society. Crucially, the local history documents the ultimate civic sacrifice required by mid-twentieth-century hydroelectric engineering, detailing how the original Burton townsite was intentionally flooded and relocated following the 1968 construction of the Hugh Keenleyside Dam. Ultimately, this community-authored volume functions as both a vital pioneer record and a testament to the cooperative endurance of a rural society forced to completely adapt its geographic footprint in the face of massive environmental reengineering.

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Includes index

Includes index