Abe Harms with his 6 foot lengths of wooden irrigation pipes for the orchards. Circa 1920.
Renata sawmill. Built in 1911, burned down in 1924. Run by P.W. Harms & Sons after 1916.
Peter W Harms with bee hives at Renata. B.C.
View of the inside of the sawmill with the Harms boys.
First Harms Enterprize 1912. Cordwood was loaded on to a barge and floated down to Robson where it was loaded onto rail cars for shipment to Nelson and sold. They received $ 3 a cord and shipped 100 cords on each barge. L to R: P.W. and sons Abe, Bill, Henry, Jake and Pete.
The original Harms place now owned by Bill Harms. Several additions were made to the house over the years. Standing in front are Bill Harms children Matilda, Rolla, Leana and Eddie.
Peter Reimer with Pete and Bill Harms sawing wood.
Agatha Doell Harms recipe. (Meat and rice casserole)
The building of the Renata school in 1912. The foundation consisted of rocks covered with lime and in time the lime peeled away leaving just rock.
Meeting the S.S. Minto at the Renata wharf.
Boarding the S.S. Minto at the Renata wharf.
Gathering at Renata wharf to meet the S.S. Minto.
View of the Renata wharf from the S.S. Minto.
From a book by Bill and Nesta Hale.
Harms Renata Box Factory Fruit Box Labels.
Harms Renata Box Factory Fruit Boxes.
Kroecker family from Renata.
School Bus on Renata Ferry.
Kroecker family picnic at Renata.
Nash family reunion. August 1912.
Barge Towing Renata Ferry into place. 1956
Renata on the Lower Arrow Lakes. 1913.
Renata Ferry landing.
Friesen family packing apples. 1920's or '30's.
Packing fruit on the B.J. Friesen place in the mid-teens.
Apple boxes being shipped from Renata. October 1946.
1938 Apple packing class. Top (L-R): Elizabeth Reimer, Jake Letkeman, Joe Gray, Julius dyke & Ike Wiebe. Bottom (L-R): Susie Reimer, Mary Wiebe, Clara Koch, & Mary.
Matt Rohn (Manager of Renata Co-op) in front of apple boxes recovered from the lake. 1954
Renata residents loading fruit from the beach onto boat in protest of the new wharf tax. 1938
(Left-Right) Matt, Ike, George and Art in front of pipe shed. Early 1940's.
Sandy Gaston's cabin. First building in Renata. Built around 1897.
Door latch from Sandy Gaston's cabin.
Renata Co-op sprayer. Horses (left to right): Prince and Nancy.
Ike Wiebe Senior farm. Circa 1910.
Diedrich Epp cutting grain with horse, Prince.
Renata Cemetery prior to flooding.
Matt Rohn and family sitting on a log in front of the Renata wharf.
Rempel water system on Renata Creek. Circa 1910.
Fred Koch's chicken house. Would have housed about 1.000 chickens. 1930's.
Abrams brothers hauling logs with their horse team. Aron left Jake on right. Circa 1910.
Finishing pilings on the Renata wharf. March 16, 1914
Deer Park and Renata gathering with the Giant. (L-R): Elmer and Donnie Friesen, Sis Briggeman, Loretta Friesen, John Briggeman, Shirley Hartshorn (in white dress), Goldie, Rosie Baszezak and daughter, G.D. Friesen holding Ray, Bub Briggeman and Victor.
Renata townsite after clearing. Only one structure remains and the wharf is being removed.
