Tretheway [sic] Road (Windermere)
It’s challenging… to know how to frame the legacy of the Trethewey family here in the Windermere Valley.
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Category Archives: People
Wardle
Mount Wardle, Wardle Creek (Kootenay National Park)
In late 1919 Wardle was appointed to take over supervision of the Banff-Windermere Highway. … While the agreement stipulated that the road be completed in 1924, Wardle himself drove the first automobile over the road in September 1922.
Haffner
Haffner Creek, Mount Haffner (Kootenay National Park)
“A brilliant young Canadian named Harry Haffner, who has been responsible for a number of irrigation and power systems, as well as roads in Alberta and BC.”30
Wolfenden
Wolfenden Road (Brisco)
The Wolfenden brothers cleared land and put up some log buildings, earning money with a trapline.
Coy
Coy Road, Coy’s Golf Course (Dutch Creek)
Dr Coy … earned “a consistent record as an ardent community worker throughout the years.”53
De Crespigny
Decrespigny Road (north of Wilmer)
“It is a little difficult in modern times to differentiate between a taste for authentic adventure and a sort of congenital craziness. The de Crespignys have always eluded the decision.”5
Tunnacliffe
Tunnacliffe Flats (unofficial name, Invermere)
“I have always loved it here. I have no wish to go away.”43
Peters Hill
Peters Hill (Informal name, northwest of Toby Creek Bridge in Athalmer)
“Morning wasn’t morning until the Peters’ had made their daily milk delivery.”31
Gibbon
Gibbon Pass (Alberta)
Gibbon helped to introduce people living in Canada to each other, and to themselves, as Canadians.
Holland
Holland Creek (north of Windermere), Holland Creek Ridge Road
“Tall, sporting a moustache, accustomed to wielding power and ordering people around, he had a difficult personality and we children were moderately but suitably terrified of him.”43
In The Windermere 