Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1990.960.034 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Somenos lake farm house and shack, photograph taken from the driveway. Summer, 1935. Just to the right of the driveway is where the Windeyer's Wolf River apple tree would have been. The Wolf River apple tree was the only one of its kind on the property during the Windeyer days. This variety of apple grows quite large and Irene Noel Windeyer could bake an entire apple pie with just one of them. |
Image File Name |
1935 - House & Shack from Driveway - Somenos Lake - 1990960034 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1935/ / |
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. |
Search Terms |
Somenos Lake Farm Windeyer House Barn Apple Wolf River Duncan |
Collection |
Somenos Farm |
People |
Windeyer Roy |
Subjects |
Somenos Farm Buidlings & Structures Documentary, Cowichan Valley |