Pynelogs Cultural Center (Invermere)
Pynelogs, “is picturesque in the extreme. It is built of rough-hewn logs and faces south, with a glorious prospect of lake and mountain from its windows.”28
Pynelogs
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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 (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.
Windermere (2)
Windermere Townsite, Windermere District, Windermere Lake
Windermere, “claims justly, that there is no more beautiful townsite on earth than her own. She is modest about it, is Windermere, and she never institutes comparisons which are invariably odious.”53
Paradise (2)
Paradise Mine/Paradise Ridge/Paradise Basin
The Paradise mine captured the local imagination in a way that no other mining property in the valley has quite come close to.
Paradise (1)
Paradise Mine/Paradise Ridge/Paradise Basin
“In its early days Hammond used to say it [the mine] should have been called the ‘Parasite’.” 46
Ben Abel
Ben Abel Creek (north fork of Dutch Creek), Abel Creek (into Lake Windermere), Mount Abel
“The most interesting old-timer in the valley… [Ben Abel] was a tall, handsome man about sixty years old, with a long black beard which reached to his waist and which he always rolled up and tucked inside his shirt on leaving the settlement. It was his great pride.” 54
Farnham
Mount Farnham, Farnham Tower, Farnham Creek, Paulding Creek
George Paulding Farnham was an American jewellery designer and sculptor who worked for Tiffany & Co from the 1880s until 1908, including as head jewellery designer from 1891. His designs won multiple international awards and established Tiffany’s reputation as a world class jewellery house while pushing American jewellery design in entirely new directions.
In The Windermere 