Post by Jeff Clarke on Jul 25, 2008 19:12:02 GMT -8
Fruit growing was the reason for Renata. It was located on a creek delta of rich soil and shielded from cold winds by the surrounding mountains. The ideal location for orchards in the region, it was known for cherries, apples, pears and peaches, with some of the fruit crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
Renata was inspiration for Anne DeGrace's novel “Treading Water,” a few lines from the book...
Renata, B.C., a tiny community which once flourished and was submerged under 35 feet of water to make way for hydroelectric dam development in the 1960’s. When the water from the Hugh Keenlyside dam is drawn to its lowest point each spring, it is possible to walk the original Renata townsite, accessible only by boat.
DeGrace writes, “In June, when the dam increases its flow, all this will be under water. Now, I can see the bones of tree stumps, rows traced through the sand. Here, the foundation of a house has left a depression; there, an empty stretch that may have been a road lies like a whisper. The remains of a wharf, pilings like broken teeth, stretches beneath the water from the shore.
Renata was inspiration for Anne DeGrace's novel “Treading Water,” a few lines from the book...
Renata, B.C., a tiny community which once flourished and was submerged under 35 feet of water to make way for hydroelectric dam development in the 1960’s. When the water from the Hugh Keenlyside dam is drawn to its lowest point each spring, it is possible to walk the original Renata townsite, accessible only by boat.
DeGrace writes, “In June, when the dam increases its flow, all this will be under water. Now, I can see the bones of tree stumps, rows traced through the sand. Here, the foundation of a house has left a depression; there, an empty stretch that may have been a road lies like a whisper. The remains of a wharf, pilings like broken teeth, stretches beneath the water from the shore.