Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1990.960.038 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Windeyer family in hayfield in front of their barn. Summer 1947. |
Image File Name |
1947 - Windeyers & Barn - Somenos Lake - 1990960038 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1947/ / |
Place |
Somenos Lake |
Provenance |
The S-amuna’/Somenos Marsh has a long history of occupation and use by the people of the Cowichan Tribes. The Somenos Farm was first settled in 1911 by Joseph and Elmire Roy. In March 1934 Guy Stanley Windeyer and his wife Irene Noel Windeyer purchased the Roy property and took up residence shortly thereafter while making significant changes to the farm. Among those changes was a colourful roadside stand that, for several years, attracted many road weary motorists traveling down the highway. The Windeyers developed a reputation for producing a large variety of top-grade produce that included corn, strawberries, potatoes and a swathe of fruit trees. Their orchards of dwarf trees included apple, pear, peach and cherry. The Windeyers lived at the Somenos Lake Farm for over 43 years. Somenos Lake Farm was located in what is now the site of the BC Forest Discovery Centre. The barn pictured was originally built in 1911/12 by the Roy family and was replaced by a two story structure by the Windeyers in 1940. The barn was part of the museum until it was destroyed by a fire that was suspected to have been caused by a spark from a train. It burned down on July 8, 1998. |
Search Terms |
Somenos Lake Farm Windeyer Duncan People Somenos Farm Barn |
Collection |
Somenos Farm |
People |
Windeyer, Charles Kendal Windeyer, Catherine Windeyer, Irene Noel Windeyer, Guy Stanley Windeyer, Faith Roy |
Subjects |
People Somenos Farm Documentary, Cowichan Valley Buildings & Structures |