by BRVLP | Apr 18, 2024 | Altitude Blog - Living in the Bridge River Valley
By Brenda Heikkinen I have been on Gun Lake for 28 years. I was pregnant with my second son when I bought the cabin. My kids and their friends have enjoyed every summer and some winters at my cabin. It’s so much fun to have them all coming back as young adults....
by BRVLP | Mar 10, 2024 | Altitude Blog - Living in the Bridge River Valley
This is our story: We have owned Gun lake since 1971 when my dad Alan Leigh purchased the property. He had 2 small trailers on the property a tool shed, a deck and an outhouse which he called Gods Country. There are 5 children Vicki Gary Marty Rick and Dan who...
by BRVLP | Aug 14, 2023 | Altitude Blog - Living in the Bridge River Valley
By Regan Dixon One cannot ignore the wildfire officially dubbed “Downton Lake fire”, which would more appropriately be called “Mount Penrose fire”. It has affected everyone in the valley, but most especially Gun and Lajoie Lake residents, who...
by BRVLP | Jun 9, 2023 | Altitude Blog - Living in the Bridge River Valley
Fascinating facts: Bridge River Valley’s hydroelectric project history Voices from Bridge River, a beautiful new book by the BC Hydro Power Pioneers along with a writer named Kerry Gold, chronicles the history of Bridge River’s hydroelectric projects, along with the...
by BRVLP | Jan 22, 2023 | Altitude Blog - Living in the Bridge River Valley
When Jessica Holden began classes at the University of Victoria, she tried to avoid the most common question new classmates tend to lob at each other: “So, where are you from?” While she loved her childhood growing up in Gold Bridge—and still takes great pride in her...
by BRVLP | Oct 11, 2022 | Altitude Blog - Living in the Bridge River Valley
Erin Bruchet and her family wanted to try something different—just for a term of the school year. Based in the Lower Mainland, they had purchased a recreational property in Bridge River Valley five years ago. But, they wondered, what if they lived as locals for a...
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