Renata

RENATA, on the southwest shore of Lower ARROW LK, was one of the small lakeside hamlets flooded out in 1969 by the construction of the KEENLEYSIDE DAM near CASTLEGAR. In 1907 the site was developed for fruit growing by a Winnipeg land company and renamed from Dog Creek to Renata ("reborn"). The community was a mix of many nationalities. Growers formed a CO-OPERATIVE; since there was no road access, they exported their fruit by steamboat. The buildings were all burned prior to flooding and the...

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