Category Archives: Charlie Vance

The Travelling Preacher

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Linda C Butler

The Travelling Preacher by Linda C Butler Told by Charlie Vance In the 1930s I lived at Thicket Portage, a small community on the Hudson Bay Railway in Northern Manitoba.  At the center of town, facing the railway tracks, was … Continue reading →

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The Coldest Time of My Life

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Linda C Butler

The Coldest Time of My Life By Linda C Butler Told by Charlie Vance (1909-1989) In 1927 I worked for Ross Navigation hauling freight in Northern Manitoba with horses. We arrived on New Year’s Eve at Joe McDougall’s cabin on … Continue reading →

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Stan’s Campout

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Linda C Butler

My parents built Vance’s Store in Snow Lake in 1950 with lumber supplied by Major’s sawmill. This story took place circa 1949 after the road was built between Snow Lake and Wekusko, the train station. STAN’S CAMPOUT By Linda C … Continue reading →

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The Night Run

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Linda C Butler

The Night Run By Linda C Butler Told by Earl Fisher In the 1960s, when I was seventeen, I worked for Charlie Vance in Snow Lake MB.  Charlie had a store, and at that time he also had road-clearing contracts … Continue reading →

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The Bootlegging Town

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Linda C Butler

The Bootlegging Town by Linda C Butler Told by Charlie Vance I worked in Flin Flon as a teamster in the late 1920s/30s driving horses to bring in supplies for the building boom that was taking place.  At that time, … Continue reading →

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The Horses that Never Stopped Running

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Linda C Butler

The Horses that Never Stopped Running By Linda C Butler told by Charlie Vance (1909-1989) My father, Allen Vance, received a letter from his brother Will, asking if we would visit as there were wild horses on open rangeland and … Continue reading →

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Gold Bricks

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Linda C Butler

GOLD BRICKS by Linda C Butler Told by Charlie Vance Snow Lake was a gold mining town in the 1950s, and one day I asked the foreman of the mill, Russ Stewart, if I could watch the gold bricks being … Continue reading →

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Berry Picking

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Linda C Butler

BERRY PICKING by Linda C Butler I have always enjoyed berry picking and sometimes it seems that the world is divided into those people who like to pick berries and those who can’t stand to do so. When I was … Continue reading →

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My Missing Daughter

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Linda C Butler

My Missing Daughter by Linda C Butler Told by Charlie Vance We opened a store in Herb Lake, an early mining town, when our daughter was a toddler.  We originally lived in the back of the store, but later rented … Continue reading →

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The Snatch Team

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Linda C Butler

THE SNATCH TEAM BY Linda C Butler Told by Charlie Vance I worked in the winter of 1928 hauling freight with horses to the Sherritt Gordon mine near Flin Flon.  We hauled in a freight swing, which consisted of a … Continue reading →

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