100 Mile House

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Cariboo Calling 2010 – Toody Shirran, Canim Lake Pioneer

Friday, May 14th, 2010 by GetawayBC.com

Vivian “Toody” Shirran arrived in the Cariboo with her family in a covered wagon in 1925. The Greenlee family had been on the road for a month, making their way from Washington to a homestead at Canim

Cariboo Calling 2010 – Netherlands Road named for Lone Butte sawmill

Friday, May 14th, 2010 by GetawayBC.com

Roads in the Cariboo can be named for pioneers, animals, birds and even sawmills.

One block east from the Lone Butte General Store off Highway 24 is Netherlands Road. It used to be about one mile lon

Cariboo Calling 2010 – The passing of the old crank phone

Friday, May 14th, 2010 by GetawayBC.com

Sherry originally wrote this article when she moved to Roe Lake in 1968, and it was reprinted in the Centennial Edition of the Free Press in August 1971.

In this modern age, at a time when man’s in

Cariboo Calling 2010 – Russell Ross: a born rancher

Friday, May 14th, 2010 by GetawayBC.com

Russell Gordon Ross, Bridge Lake’s oldest resident “native son,” turned 80 years old in December 2009, and clearly recalls the family saga.

In 1920, Swiss-born Frederik Gottlieb Shertenlib, and his W

Cariboo Calling 2010-Charlie and Edith’s fishing trips

Friday, May 14th, 2010 by GetawayBC.com

This is a story about Charlie Brown, no, not the cartoon character.

Charlie was born in England and came to Canada in 1908. Here, he met Edith in Vancouver and they were married. Charlie was a floo

Cariboo Calling 2010-Canim Band education

Friday, May 14th, 2010 by GetawayBC.com

The education process at Eliza Archie Memorial School (EAMS) is more than reading, writing, and arithmetic.

It also involves language studies, especially Shuswap, and if you want to learn Shuswap, y

Lac la Hache offers year-round recreation

Friday, May 14th, 2010 by GetawayBC.com

A small but friendly community, Lac la Hache promotes its claim to fame as the Longest Town in the Cariboo.

Fronting the entire 19-kilometre eastern shoreline, Highway 97 offers spectacular views of

Cariboo Calling 2010-Birch Avenue

Friday, May 14th, 2010 by GetawayBC.com

Right in the heart of 100 Mile House is Birch Avenue, a delightful corridor resplendent in the summertime with huge, overflowing flower baskets, colourful town flags and blossoming trees.

This main s

Cariboo Calling 2010 – Furrers built their ranch with hard work and common sense

Friday, May 14th, 2010 by GetawayBC.com

When it comes to ranching in the South Cariboo, not many have been doing it as long or on the same scale as Allen Furrer.

Originally acquired by his father, Victor Furrer, the ranch owned by Allen an

70 Mile House: entrance to a recreation playground

Friday, May 14th, 2010 by GetawayBC.com

Situated between Clinton and 100 Mile House, 70 Mile House, born in the days of the gold rush, is a community of 300 people.

The area was once known for logging, but is now primarily a tourist area.