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Shuswap history in pictures: Bird’s eye view

Photo from June 2, 1982
Heather Black
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Eagle Valley News, June 2, 1982: “ It’s a long way down for hang-glider pilot Les Walker of Sicamous as he takes off from the launch platform located about 2,400 feet above the valley floor, on themountain just to the north of Sicamous.” (Photo courtesy of the Sicamous and District Museum and Historical Society)

The caption of this photo reads: It’s a long way down for hang-glider pilot Les Walker of Sicamous as he takes off from the launch platform located about 2,400 feet above the valley floor, on the mountain just to the north of Sicamous.

Photo courtesy of the Sicamous and District Museum and Historical Society’s archived June 2, 1982 edition of Eagle Valley News.

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