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dom used and soon stopped run-
ning.

Little is known of: the men
who operated the Waterloo fer-
ry, except for the report.in the
Trail Creek paper of. the death
by drowning of ferryman E. D.
Cannon. The report stated Can-
non drowned on Aug. 20, 1896,
when the small boat in which he

‘was pulling away from the ‘stea-

mer. “Nakusp”. became entangl-
ed in’ the Nakusp’s. paddle-
wheel. There were‘some, recrim-
inations.and-hard feelings on the
part of the Waterloo. residents.
who felt the crew of the steam-
boat had been negligent.)

One of the last ferrymen to
operate the old ferry, N. Ver-
eschagen, passed away not jong
ago.

The new road from. Trail to
Robson was going ahead ata
record pace, with only one. or
two spots giving’ much trouble
and causing delay, notably the
Genelle Bluffs. Three roadcamps

‘had been established, one at

Rock Creek, another: ata spot
about a mile south of Waterloo
and ‘called Boomer’s Landing ’af-
ter.road foreman.H. H:Boomer
and another. at Blueberry: Creck.

|The Blueberry Creek: camp was

set up fora bridge crew anda
sawmill was built there to sup-'
ply the: bridge timbers.

Across the Columbia at Wat-

erloo’ the ‘mines: were shutting,

down, one of the last. to close

being the Maude S., which oper-.

ated until 1904, according - to

"old-timers. All equipment was

left ‘in’ working order. at the
Maude S.,.and Hiram Landis was.
employed ‘as-a watchman at the
mine for a number of years. It
is said, Landis took out. a consid-
erable sum ‘in free gold from
surrounding small veins of min-
eral-rich quartz.

The. residents: had already
gone and. Waterloo became a
ghost town almost overnight. In
1903, ‘the year. Mare: Dumont ar-

rived to. become ‘the : first. resi-|’

dent’ of West Waterloo,‘ there
were only. two houses occupied
in the:mining town..‘These: were
the homes of Landis and his fam-
ily: and Theodore Berendsen, a

native of Holland who had come

‘to the Kootenay area. -about

1894.
Landis later moved: to
farm up the Pass Creek road: but

Berendsen stayed on at -Water- “Th
joo: until his death in 1927. He},

was well-known ‘for his exce]-
lent fruit orchards at the south-
ern end of the Waterloo flats.
Tony Swanson, ‘another of
the: pioneers, arrived from Wis-
consin in?1905) and: married Mr.
Berendsen’s nie ; Just: ‘out from.
Holland: ae
>) Swanson; was’ a ‘prospector
and: logger and was’ employed
from 1908 to. 1914 as fire-ranger

for the: Munson ‘Timber Co. ‘This |,

was an American company. hold-
ing a:timber licence on some 21
sections, more than 13,000 acres
of. forest in the mountains east
of the Columbia river.

Most ‘of the Waterloo min-

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es ‘were well: known: ‘to: Tony
through his work which’ took
him. over the mountains: where
the strikes | ‘were made. Howev-
er the mines ‘were all’ closed
down. when he arrived.

The Swanson family lived
in Waterloo for several years,

later moving to Blueberry. Creek

and remaining there until 1924.
They also ‘lived for a ‘time at
Birehbank and when Mr. Swan-
son: retired from. his position
with the lumber company ‘he
moved:to a farm at Ross Spur.
In 1958 he and his wife moved
to’ Montrose to live near’ their.
daughter, Mrs. J. Colligan. Both
Mr. and Mrs Swanson ‘have pass-
ed away.since that time.

In:a conversation some years
ago, Mrs. ‘Swanson told: of the
4 | Steamboats which passed her
uncle’s: home: on-the river bank
at. Waterloo Landing and noted:
re:was nothing but brush in

¢, ayia I came.”

In 1908 the Doukhobor peo-
ple arrived in the Kootenays,

settling’ on’ the river flats at -

Waterloo and the’ old Montgom-
ery townsite. They soon: cleared
the land and had it under. cul-
tivation: with: many. hundreds of
fruit trees planted in the’ en-
suing years,

: In order -to cultivate, ‘pipe,
bringing water : frov. hee
Creek ‘which empties ‘into the
Kootenay ‘river ‘upstream from
the ‘Brilliant: dam.’ The ‘pipeline
came’ around the. base ‘of: the
mountain; sometimes called “‘the
beehive,” and. down through the
centre of what has:now been de-
veloped as the Castlegar Golf
Course, then out onto the Ootis-

.chenia flats. Although it fell in-

to disrepair years ago, traces of
the ‘old’ line ‘can’ still be seen
in many places,

At the ‘time of their arrival
in Waterloo ‘the old ‘hospital was
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usoleum;:but
the orchard: aie ite

‘Whether there Hig) any. tr th:
story. of the rock.or- not,
“there‘are other. reminders of ‘th
‘period he lived there as he plant.
ed some: very: interesting tre
:These..are: the .mulberry:: trees,
which have ‘grown 'to..a® tremen-

'|the ferries closed’ down because
of ‘high: water, ‘The. Doukhobo
bridge’ is’ of ‘little ‘use now.

eee meyy Brillant bridge is‘ope!

ave small red ;
the

dwarfed although | they:: ar
the: same age: ‘of approximately:
(60-years.’ ‘Peter. .:Kabatofé™\ex-,
~ plains ! that ‘this is ‘because ‘they’
“were: planted ‘upside: down:-and.
“the branches are really the root

This grove of trees can:
Kk of? the,
by: the, Valley.

and “hid the old house: almost

and later by the Doukho

bors. ‘Headstones and markers
lissian inscriptions and

2 its Apres the Waterloo’: and

timers’ living: ‘can: ‘remember
anyone named Kinnaird; but :1t
could . have: ‘been ‘a “resident of,
Waterloo, ‘or’ Montgomery,

‘ospéctors |

: y:
the glamour: of a:go!
it! did'-have.- the ilu

¢ some » : Of: the Growler si, social \

the:country, in’ search of gold or.|:
ther minerals, «however, and |.

Tidg

‘ectly : 5
Milestone: ‘Road. ‘Fragments: “of |.

drilling * equipment - were found

years ‘ago in.a‘nearby cache’ but’

the. ore’ evidently. -did: not. prove

Moi ry ‘residents:did.’ not ‘

eadstones in th
ycemetery.. :
r settlers, hard-work:

dustrious: people, had whi

bors: completed: th
prides. across: an ‘Kootenay in

the day many a: time in the: past,

having been the only connection
+ with: the airport: Gee abe new

: hundreds: ‘of tons ‘of rock down:

over‘ the. claims, : Though :many.

searches | have ‘been.’ tmaade inthis

Hy

ut en Co: which, had? app.
timber ‘licence ‘on:1,000:'acres' of |:
land ‘on’ Kelly Creek,’a few: miles
;|south ° of Robson: ‘Otdtimers: re-} an
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