Shuswap - R.J. Haney Nature Trail Traditional Cache
Shuswap - R.J. Haney Nature Trail
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The R.J. Haney Village has a nature trail which whinds around the property. Along the trail placards advertise the names of various trees. Take the opportunity to educate yourself on the many trees of B.C. interior.
The cache is just off from the trail, so please do not disrupt root systems wandering all over the place.
Some historical facts:
The present R.J. Haney house was built in 1910; RJ Haney was a wealthy Salmon Arm community member, known for his willingness to loan money. The Haney house demonstrates a combination of English upper-class designs with practical farmhouse layout.
R.J. Haney became a prominent member of Salmon Arm area, after he arrived in Salmon Arm paying cash for the farm land where the Haney village now sits. R.J. Haney lived into his nineties. R.J.’s daughter Marjorie died in 1984, leaving the property to the Salmon Arm city on the provision that it becomes a park dedicated to the memory of her father.
"Salmon Arm looked like the ideal spot to try farming. RJ purchased 80.5 acres homesteaded by John Albert Nelson. He set to work growing wheat, apples, pears and raising cattle, pigs and chickens.
Not content just to be a farmer, RJ got involved and sat on the board of the cooperative retail operation Salmon Arm Farmers' Exchange', renewed his ties to the Masonic fraternity, and helped maintain the road to Enderby that meandered through his farm.
Itwas to his advantage to cooperate. Enderby’s flourmill was a destination. Eventually the couple built a new home on the property in 1908. Misfortune struck and the house was consumed by fire. RJ and Maggie pulled their resources together had rebuilt their home by 1910.
Constructed on the same foundation, the house had a lovely two storyleaded glass bay window. Neighbours must have been impressed with the Haneys’ resiliency. This second home wasn’t an Eaton’s house. It didn’t come from the catalogue. The wood was milled locally.
RJ was a busy man and some considered him a gentleman farmer, but grandson Bob Haney disagrees. RJ pruned his trees and picked his apples like a regular farmer.
Farming was not a full time occupation. RJ turned his hand to money lending. There were some farmers who could not get a loan at the Bank of Hamilton. RJ charged 7 percent, more than double the rate at the bank. He wanted to make sure his customers were running their farms as businesses, with an aim for profit and loan repayment. After all, he was an entrepreneur."
*Information has been provided by Salmon Arm Archivist Deborah Chapman, stop by the archive to learn more about RJ Haney.*
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