This story will, I'm sure, break your heart; it has mine. The mass destruction and loss was/is unbelievable. Community life, livelihood, homesteads, family, friends, dreams, animals, land, lakes, streams, virgin forests & shrubbery, wild flowers, wild fruit, mushrooms, vegetable gardens ---. The horrific list goes on, in a book you will be thinking of, talking about, and sharing, for a very long time. 12 Mile Community ceased to exist, in the 1960s, when BC Hydro Electric (founded in 1961) chose to flood the Columbia Valley, south of Revelstoke, BC, Canada

amazon customer / January 12, 2012: JS in Redlands / 5 of 5 stars great topic / Author is a friend of mine and wanted to be sure to get her book. Looking forward to reading it. Came quickly.