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Secwepemc People and a Gathering Cloud
Through text and artefacts this exhibit highlights aspects of the Secwepemc First Nations’ culture.The exhibit features their innovative use of locally available materials for hand-crafted basketry used in gathering, cooking and storing.
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Historic Cabin
This rustic log cabin built in 1900 was re-located to the Museum property from Turtle Valley, a local farming community, to preserve an important piece of local history. The cabin is furnished in a typical homestead fashion and gives an authentic picture of the hardships experienced by early settlers.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
In 1883, the routing of the CPR through the valley impacted the peacefulness of this small farming community. This exhibit typifies the interior a local railway office complete with many authentic CPR artefacts.
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Whitfield Chase, His town
A diorama of a small crude cabin relates the story of two merged cultures. Whitfield Chase, an American settler and Per-soons Tolvinek (Betsy) a young Shuswap woman, each tell the story of their marriage and of raising their large family on a ranch in the Shuswap.
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Adams River Lumber Company and Chase, Boomtown
Viewed through the camera lens of Walter Forest Montgomery, this photographic exhibit examines the story of the Adams River Lumber Company (1908-1925) and the building of a town. In its heyday, this state of the art sawmill was the third largest in the province.
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1923 Franklin Automobile
Originally owned by Robert R. Mason, an accountant for the Adams River Lumber Company. The automobile is driven in the annual Canada Day parade by a member of the Chase Lion’s Club. Arrangements to hire the Franklin for special occasions can be made through the Chase Lions Club.
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General Store
The artefacts in this exhibit captures certain historical aspects of the community and has a unique story of its own. Some of these artefacts were lost and then found, some were sold and bought back, and some were held in safe-keeping awaiting a museum.
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Hotel – bar
The artefacts in this exhibit captures certain historical aspects of the community and has a unique story of its own. Some of these artefacts were lost and then found, some were sold and bought back, and some were held in safe-keeping awaiting a museum.
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Imperial Bank of Canada
The artefacts in this exhibit captures certain historical aspects of the community and has a unique story of its own. Some of these artefacts were lost and then found, some were sold and bought back, and some were held in safe-keeping awaiting a museum.
