From the archives - October 14, 2021

At the age of 20, "Lloyd William Hughes arrived at Meadow Creek on June 15, 1922, from Quebec. He came to help his Uncle Alfred and Aunt Lizzie Markham raise marten, a small fur-bearing animal which grew wild in the Boundary County mountains. His uncle was unable to obtain the necessary permit to do this, so Lloyd found employment at the Moyie power plant where he worked from 1923 to 1963...