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Film looks at Johnsons Landing pioneers

A film called that looks back at life in Johnsons Landing will soon be online.

Project lead Susan VanRooy says it features interviews with former residents recorded during a reunion in 2001.

VanRooy says most of the people interviewed for Treasured Stories have since died.

She says it also takes on added meaning following the deadly landslide there in 2012.

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The film has had a couple of local screenings and will soon be available at the Lardeau Valley Links website.

Johnsons Landing was founded by miner and orchardist Algot Johnson in the early 1900s.

 

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