This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Nicest time of the year maple syrup time
Maple sugaring season at the Bowen sugar bush near Robson. Mrs. Lester Bowen and sister Bettina Beard run the operation, tapping trees and boiling sap to 219 degrees for a gallon of syrup, with help from family using a tractor to gather sap and 36 gallons of sap yields one gallon of syrup.
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Lester Bowen
Bettina Beard
Bowen
Mr Bowen
Mrs. Bowen
Ruth Circle
LaPorte Methodist Church
Mrs Bowen