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Dennis (Danny) Gawiuk on the Family Farm, 1932

A black-and-white photograph of a small boy standing on top of a crate beside a water pump. There is a fence behind him, and a log building to his left. It is a winter day, with piles of dirty snow on the ground.

Revelstoke Museum and Archives photograph 11749.

Dennis Paul (Danny) Gawiuk was born at Mount Cartier on November 1, 1930.  He grew up on the farm and farmed the land himself until it was purchased by BC Hydro. In 1967, he burned down the old log house where he had been born to clear the land for the Arrow Lakes reservoir.