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2023.8.05 · Item · 1945-1946
Part of Willard Freer Diary Digital Collection

Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, July 1, 1945 to March 31, 1946:

  • June 3-7, 1945: Trip to Thutade Lake as a packer for Emil Bronlund, mining engineer for Consolidated Mining and Smelting
  • June 7-October 5, 1945: Thutade Lake
  • October 5-12, 1945: Trip to Fort Ware
  • October 14-26, 1945: Return trip to Diamond J Ranch
  • October 27-December 31, 1945: Diamond J Ranch
  • January 1-February 25, 1946: Diamond J Ranch
  • February 25-March 3, 1946: Trip to Fort Ware
  • March 3-13, 1946: Fort Ware
  • March 13-26, 1946: Fort Ware to Fort St. James
  • March 27-April 15, 1946: Fort St. James, working with Hendry Kinniburgh
2023.8.06 · Item · 1946-1947
Part of Willard Freer Diary Digital Collection

Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, April 1, 1946 to September 30, 1947:

  • March 27-April 15, 1946: Fort St. James, working with Hendry Kinniburgh
  • April 15-May 3, 1946: Took the Greyhound bus from Prince George to southern BC to visit family (Keremeos, Penticton, Cawston)
  • May 3-5, 1946: Travelled with family to Wenatchee, Washington to see a flower show
  • May 6-11, 1946: Returned with family to Cawston, BC
  • May 12-14, 1946: Return trip north to Fort St. James on the Greyhound bus via Keremeos, Ashcroft, Quesnel, and Prince George
  • May 15-28, 1946: Preparing for summer work in Fort St. James
  • May 28-September 4, 1946: Departed from Fort St. James for employment with Emil Bronlund and the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co., packing through the Omineca District up to Thutade Lake
  • September 9-October 25, 1946: Return trip to Diamond J Ranch
  • October 26, 1946-May 27, 1947: Diamond J Ranch
  • May 27-June 17, 1947: Travel to the British Columbia-Yukon Boundary Survey and preparations for work
  • June 18-October 11, 1947: Head packer for the British Columbia-Yukon Boundary Survey