Interview with Geri Britton
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11899
- Date Range
- March 18 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Smithers businesswoman and lodge owner Geri Britton, recorded March 18 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.5
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 2.38 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- March 18 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Smithers businesswoman and lodge owner Geri Britton, recorded March 18 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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Interview with Geri Britton - March 18, 2021
Interview with Geri Britton - March 18, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.5_Britton,%20Geri/Britton%20Geri%202020_03_18.ACCESS.mp3
Britton discusses her family's background and shares the communities she lived in while growing up in Alberta.
Alberta; Alberta College; Bellis; business administration; Hanna; language; Niton; social work; University of Alberta
education; Ukrainian
Britton discusses her first impressions of Smithers and shares some of her early experiences and memories as teenager and young adult.
alcohol; berry picking; Broadway Ave; drive-in theatre; Ministry of Transportation; movie theatre; mushroom picking; Oscar's Sporting Goods; Overwaitea; party; snowshoe; Town of Smithers
leisure; outdoor recreation; teenage; young adult
Britton discusses her first two jobs in Smithers.
alcohol; logging; Ministry of Fish and Wildlife; Ministry of Transportation; parenting; party; Town of Smithers; utilities
teenage; young adult
Britton discusses operating a steelhead fishing lodge on the Upper Morice River.
animals; bear; catch and release; conservation; outdoor recreation; Simms; tagging; wildlife
fishing; guide outfitting; tourism
Britton discusses her time as manager of the Smithers Chamber of Commerce. She tells the story of how the chamber led an initiative to make the local airport a designated international airport and details various events she organized or worked with.
business; climate; curling; customs; Economic Development Officer; golf; Hudson's Bay Mountain Resort; international customs; Minerals North; tourism information centre; TSN
airport; economic development; Northern BC Winter Games; Northwest Trade Expo; tourism
Britton discusses owning The Lavender Rose Bridal Boutique and some of the challenges that came with operating the business.
events; fashion; small business; Upper Morice Steelhead Lodge
business; wedding
Britton discusses various community groups she has been involved with.
economic development; education; tourism; Ukrainian
Bulkley Valley Enterprise Centre; Bulkley Valley Museum; North by Northwest; Parent Advisory Council; Tourism Advisory Council
Britton discusses raising children in Smithers and what her two sons have done for work in and out of the Bulkley Valley.
computer; COVID-19; diamond drilling; Drug and Alcohol Free Grad; Mexico; New to You; Walnut Park Elementary
parenting
Britton discusses some of her hobbies and talks about publishing some of her dad's writings from his trips to the Spatsizi Plateau.
book; children's book; cooking; hobbies; Hudon's Bay Mountain Resort; publishing; Spatsizi: One Man's Journey in Paradise; Stikine
leisure; recreation; skiing; Spatsizi Plateau
Britton provides some reflections about how Smithers has changed during her time here.
air travel; Babine Lake; hunting; moose; shopping
family; neighbour