Arvid Seward’s Blaeberry Homesteaders is an illustrated local and spatial record of pioneer agricultural settlement along the Blaeberry River drainage, a major glacial tributary of the upper Columbia River north of Golden. Seward documents how early twentieth-century settlers staked land pre-emptions along the historic overland route blazed by David Thompson over Howse Pass, clearing bottomland spruce forests to build hand-hewn log homesteads and establish family dairy and hay ranches. The text details the logistical hurdles of pioneer survival in a remote mountain valley, including the construction of improvised timber flumes, cable car river crossings, and seasonal wagon trails connecting Blaeberry to the CPR mainline at Donald and Golden. Filled with personal reminiscences, cadastral surveys, and family photographs, the volume captures the everyday realities of rural community formation in the northern Columbia-Shuswap region.

Blaeberry (B.C.), Blaeberry River Valley (B.C.) History, British Columbia Blaeberry, Donald (B.C.), Frontier and pioneer life British Columbia Blaeberry Valley, History, Pioneers British Columbia Blaeberry Valley Biography, Town of Golden

Published in cooperation with the Golden Museum.

Published in cooperation with the Golden Museum.