Interview with Dr. Igor Steciw
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11955
- Date Range
- March 8 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with doctor and guide-outfitter Igor Steciw, recorded March 8 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Sonja Lester. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, photo from day of interview, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Sonja Lester
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.17
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 619 MB of digital records
- Date Range
- March 8 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with doctor and guide-outfitter Igor Steciw, recorded March 8 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Sonja Lester. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, photo from day of interview, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Igor Steciw - March 8, 2021
Steciw was a refugee who had to escape Russian persecution during WWII, which later lead him to the shores of Canada.
Austria; doctor; fishing; Halifax; Hamilton; hunting; internment; Manitoba; Ontario; refugee camp; refugees; Russian persecutions; Ukraine; Vancouver; WWII
refugee; Ukraine
Steciw came to Smithers to practice medicine alongside Dr. Moore; however, after a few short years Steciw formed his own building for his patients.
doctor; Dr. Moore; Dr. Ryan; hospital; on-call; practice; retirement; Smithers
health care; medical field; medicine
Life serving as a wilderness guide in addition to his medical work. Igor would take months off to tour tourists and hunters around the area.
Bell brothers; camps; cook; Driftwood; employees; fall; fishing; fly-in camps; guiding area; hiking; hunting; Kitwanga; locum; mixed species hunt; pack train; pilot; roping; wilderness
Guide Outfitters; hunting
Why he needed 17 horses for his business. Packing, roping, and riding were some examples given.
horses; hunting; pack train
business; pack train; ranch
Igor Steciw's son works as a nuclear physicist while his daughter works as a biologist in the game branch at Williams Lake.
biologist; cancer; Cross Institute; game branch; nuclear physics; teacher
children; education; jobs
The story of when Steciw and another hunter had to fight off a bear.
grizzly bear; hunter; shot
hunting
The story of surviving an avalanche with another hunter.
avalanche; goat; guide; helicopter; hunter
avalanche; hunting
What Steciw did after Trail Guiding, he did more personal hunting and riding. Stayed doing what he loved.
depression; fishing; government; horses; hunting; international politics; lakes; observer; peace; politics; river; sea; team roping
hobbies; hunting; politics