by navigator | Aug 5, 2016 | Community Events, Douglas Broome, Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country
This post concludes the Camp Kopje reminiscences by Douglas Broome. “Back to camp. The buildings went down the bay from the Panabode. The beach was clear the entire distance, edged by a 20 foot wide green area of bushes, pines, and deciduous trees through...
by navigator | Jul 29, 2016 | Community Events, Douglas Broome, Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country
This post continues the Camp Kopje reminiscences by Douglas Broome. “The main body of camp was laid out along 1,200 feet of pebble beach. At the northern end was a modern PanAbode cedar log home with large verandah and a lawn down to the lake at a spot where a...
by navigator | Jul 22, 2016 | Community Events, Douglas Broome, Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country
“Summer camp. The horse shivers to shake off the horseflies, snorts as girls handle tackle and Western saddles, old leather, hay and muck. A salt lick. The barn looks cool in the shadow of the cottonwoods and pines. Hot high sun. One girl goes into the orchard...
by lakecountry | Jun 12, 2015 | Bloggers, Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
Following an earlier blog post on Spion Kop I received an e-mail from Vancouver resident Douglas Broome1. He sent such an interesting followup to the post about Spion Kop that I asked if I could share it with our readers. It follows below: “My parents [Ernie and...