Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1990.960.042 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Mary Cassels (niece of Guy Stanley Windeyer and his wife Irene Noel Windeyer) in front of The Farm Stand at the Windeyer’s farm. |
Image File Name |
1957 - Farm Stand - Somenos Lake - 1990960042 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1957/ / |
Place |
Somenos Lake |
Provenance |
Guy Stanley Windeyer and Irene Noel Windeyer lived at the Somenos Lake Farm for over 43 years. They had three children: Catherine (1934), Faith (1938), and Charles (1941). The roadside stand pictured here was Irene's idea and was very successful. The stall offered organically grown produce, homemade breads and baked goods, butter, honey, preserves, and more. For many years it attracted many road weary motorists traveling down the highway. 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. Somenos Lake Farm was located in what is now the site of the BC Forest Discovery Centre. |
Search Terms |
Somenos Lake Farm Windeyer Duncan People Women Farm Stand Fruit Pies Roadside Stall |
Collection |
Somenos Farm |
People |
Cassels, Mary Windeyer |
Subjects |
People Somenos Farm Buildings & Structures Documentary, Cowichan Valley |