Tretheway [sic] Road (Windermere)
It’s challenging… to know how to frame the legacy of the Trethewey family here in the Windermere Valley.
Trethewey
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Category Archives: Streets/Roads
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
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
Fort Point (2)
Fort Point (unofficial name), Fort Point Close (Invermere)
The years following the Second World War were not so kind to the Memorial Fort. … Maintenance was lacking, and the building was gradually falling into a state of disrepair.
Fort Point (1)
Fort Point (unofficial name), Fort Point Close (Invermere)
It was a small step to take the idea of commemorating David Thompson and blend it with Invermere’s desire to stand out as a tourist destination.
Houlgrave
Houlgrave Road (Toby Benches)
The Houlgrave property was far back on the Toby Benches, a good distance away from other settlers.
Grainger
Grainger Road (Canal Flats), Mount Grainger
The old Lascelles Ranch, turned Grainger property, located to the north of Canal Flats, was later in part developed into Eagles Nest Estates.
Ogilvy-Wills
Ogilvey Ave, Wills Road, Bruce Road, Jeanette Street, James Street (Fairmont Hot Springs)
Fairmont appealed to the Ogilvy-Wills family, and they soon made the transition to live there permanently, [on a ranch] known as “The Meadows”.
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