Been all around the area, but never to the village. Beautiful country. Is the village still operational? Were you raised there?
I haven’t been back since the early 70s, and I can’t imagine there’s a lot of activity. Back in the 60s and 70s was during the time that Mica Dam was being constructed, so there were a few families living in town and a bunch of workers in the man-camp. At the time it was pretty wild country, but we had a co-op store, cinema, barber/beauty shop, ski hill with a rope tow, RCMP post with two constables, and a school with about 50 kids that went up to Grade 10. As Revelstoke Dam downstream backed water and activity on Mica slowed, the town picked up and moved up hill (everything was modular). Canadian Army used to do some mountian and river training, and now it had become popular for heli-skiing. It can really snow, and the powder is unsurpassed. Snowfall of 2 - 3 feet overnight is common, and one winter we had over 40 feet of snowfall with at least 20 standing. Generally about September some of the workers would go around town and put plywood over all the windows - it was like living in snowcaves. I ived there between the ages of about 8 and 14, and for a kid like me wqho loved the woods, it was pretty great. We ended up transferring back to my dad’s home office in San Francisco - I was a bit of an oddball - not only did I talk funny, the only time I’d seen TV was on holiday, so I was pretty unprepared for many things. I don’t think I ever saw a football game until I was about 15. I’m pretty normal now -Go Seahawks!