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May 12 2021May 27, 2021

Hidden Shuswap valley was home to a European intentional community in the 1980s

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In the early 1970s, Norbert Maertens, a computer engineer from Belgium, travelled the world for business and developed an interest in intentional, ecologically based communities. …

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Apr 21 2021April 24, 2021

Shuswap intentional communities in the 1970s

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Thousands of young people in North America moved to the country in the late 1960s and the 1970s, with some setting up intentional, cooperative communities, …

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Mar 24 2021March 28, 2021

A Monashee Mountain camping adventure eighty years ago

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One of the most fascinating sections in Erskine Burnett’s scrapbook album, The Shuswap Country, is the description and photos of his camping trip into the …

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Mar 13 2021December 7, 2021

An 80-year-old scrapbook provides an insightful look at Shuswap history

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[Featured image caption: “Charlie Chong was a well-known resident of the Grindrod district and his wagonload of fresh vegetables was a daily sight on the …

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Aug 7 2020November 21, 2020

Discovered Roaring Twenties painting shows how history repeats

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Searches for many topics related to the Shuswap often end up at my blog site, shuswappassion.ca where there are hundreds of articles. Recently, Lawrence McWilliams …

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