Barbara MacPherson, a woman who spent several years as a child living in Bridge Lake, has written a book about the region we know and love.
Her book, The Land on Which We Live, Life on the Cariboo Plateau: 70 Mile House to Bridge Lake, came out recently and has already gathered many positive reviews and is on the B.C. best seller list.
A result of four years of work, it focuses in on the people who came to the region during the years from 1871 to 1959.
MacPherson presently lives in Nakusp with her family.
Clearwater-based author Pat Ferguson called MacPherson’s book “a fine piece of work,” in her review for Black Press.
Telling the stories of “tough, resourceful and resilient” ranchers and farmers the book tells of the challenge those newcomers faced as they worked to settle the high plateau through it’s short growing season.
Filled with early photographs, detailed research, but most of all the tales of stories behind the familiar faces and names that dot the landscape, the book is a true-to-life account of the colourful characters and kind, hard working people that settled the North Bonaparte.
“Througout this book I ran into the names of ranchers, farmers, cowboys and even relatives that I had met over the years,” says Ferguson.
“I would recommend this book for compulsory reading in schools, as it would show the younger generation that people actually did survive without running water, electricity and cellphones.”
MacPherson will be presenting her book, in person, at the Interlakes Hall in Bridge Lake on Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 3 p.m., at Nuthatch Books in 100 Mile House on Thursday, Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. and at the Clinton Museum at 7 p.m. on Oct. 12.
