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Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 6

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4640
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
July 8 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:22:04 min)
Scope and Content
Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to the way life has changed since Jean was a child. Jean describes how chores were done, and how supplies were delivered. She and Terry discuss the amenities in the family’s houses, how mail was picked up, and how telephone messages were received and …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:22:04 min)
Material Details
Interviewer: Teresa Ballentine Interviewee: Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright (later Jean McCallum and later Jean Hogg) Date of interview: July 8, 1992 Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:09:29
Scope and Content
Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to the way life has changed since Jean was a child. Jean describes how chores were done, and how supplies were delivered. She and Terry discuss the amenities in the family’s houses, how mail was picked up, and how telephone messages were received and relayed. Terry shares a memory of her grandmother Wright. Jean recalls the house on Kitchener Street which she and Walter built. She and Terry talk about the MacLure bus service. Terry recalls Jean’s kindness to neighbors, and how they reciprocated. Jean shares her perspective about the friendliness and sharing among neighbors which were usual at that time. She describes the work involved in clearing the lot and building the house on Kitchener Street, and how she kept a kitchen garden and domestic animals there. Jean discusses how hair styling was done in her youth, and relates a story of how her mother had a poor result with colouring products. She mentions her father using a razor and strop, and how the strop was also a symbol of physical punishment, common at that time. She describes a punishment she received in school. Jean recalls making treats, and talks about push lawnmowers, wooden sidewalks, and gravel roads. She and Terry talk about the family’s pianos and their importance to the family. Jean recalls the piano teachers her family members took lessons from and Terry remarks that the last one, Edward Parker, is the father of Jon Kimura Parker, a noted pianist.
History
Recording is an interview with Jean Hogg conducted by her daughter Teresa Ballentine. Jean talks about her life as a resident of Burnaby from her childhood in the 1910s to widowhood in the 1960s. Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright was born in Burnaby in August 1915, two years after her family moved to 3871 East Pender Street. She was one of five children of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Williams. Her first husband was Walter Angus McCallum, who she was married to from 1940-1965; they raised two daughters: June and Teresa. Her second husband's last name was Hogg.
Creator
Ballentine, Teresa
Names
Wright Family
Hogg, Jean Wright McCallum
Accession Code
BV018.17.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
July 8 1992
Media Type
Sound Recording
Notes
Title based on content of sound recording
Label on audio cassette case reads: "Jean & Terry / Re / Jeans Memories & / Her Life History"
Label on Side A of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg - Memories / 1"
Label on Side B of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg Memories / 2"
Audio Tracks

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 6, July 8 1992

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 6, July 8 1992

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Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4635
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
July 8 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:06:57 min)
Scope and Content
Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Jean’s early years. She was born August 16, 1915, to Joseph and Wilhelmina Wright. Jean recalls the house that her family lived in, at 3871 East Pender Street, until she was six years old. She describes the family’s move to a property one block awa…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:06:57 min)
Material Details
Interviewer: Teresa Ballentine Interviewee: Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright (later Jean McCallum and later Jean Hogg) Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:09:29
Scope and Content
Track 1: This portion of the recording pertains to Jean’s early years. She was born August 16, 1915, to Joseph and Wilhelmina Wright. Jean recalls the house that her family lived in, at 3871 East Pender Street, until she was six years old. She describes the family’s move to a property one block away on the same street, their acquisition of a house which they had moved to that lot, and their additions to it. Jean also talks about her mother, and relates several incidents characteristic of her and of their relationship.
History
Recording is an interview with Jean Hogg conducted by her daughter Teresa Ballentine. Jean talks about her life as a resident of Burnaby from her childhood in the 1910s to widowhood in the 1960s. Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright was born in Burnaby in August 1915, two years after her family moved to 3871 East Pender Street. She was one of five children of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Williams. Her first husband was Walter Angus McCallum, who she was married to from 1940-1965; they raised two daughters: June and Teresa. Her second husband's last name was Hogg.
Creator
Ballentine, Teresa
Names
Wright Family
Hogg, Jean Wright McCallum
Accession Code
BV018.17.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
July 8 1992
Media Type
Sound Recording
Notes
Title based on content of sound recording
Label on audio cassette case reads: "Jean & Terry / Re / Jeans Memories & / Her Life History"
Label on Side A of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg - Memories / 1"
Label on Side B of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg Memories / 2"
Audio Tracks

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 1, July 8 1992

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 1, July 8 1992

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0017_0001_001.mp3
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Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4636
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
July 8 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:14:49 min)
Scope and Content
Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to the family’s new house, Jean’s parents, and what it was like to live in Vancouver Heights at that time. Jean describes what it was like to live in the house before it was finished, and how the family did their chores. She discusses the changes to c…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:14:49 min)
Material Details
Interviewer: Teresa Ballentine Interviewee: Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright (later Jean McCallum and later Jean Hogg) Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:09:29
Scope and Content
Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to the family’s new house, Jean’s parents, and what it was like to live in Vancouver Heights at that time. Jean describes what it was like to live in the house before it was finished, and how the family did their chores. She discusses the changes to chores, such as doing laundry, which occurred as the family adopted new technologies. Jean talks about her siblings, and the relativity of age. She recalls the birth of her younger brother, at home. She describes her parents’ backgrounds and how they met, after immigrating to Vancouver, as part of a close-knit Irish community. Jean recalls what the Vancouver Heights area was like in the 1920s. She mentions her father’s job, and recalls her mother’s daily occupations. She describes what she wore as a child, and the recreational activities of the time.
History
Recording is an interview with Jean Hogg conducted by her daughter Teresa Ballentine. Jean talks about her life as a resident of Burnaby from her childhood in the 1910s to widowhood in the 1960s. Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright was born in Burnaby in August 1915, two years after her family moved to 3871 East Pender Street. She was one of five children of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Williams. Her first husband was Walter Angus McCallum, who she was married to from 1940-1965; they raised two daughters: June and Teresa. Her second husband's last name was Hogg.
Creator
Ballentine, Teresa
Names
Wright Family
Hogg, Jean Wright McCallum
Accession Code
BV018.17.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
July 8 1992
Media Type
Sound Recording
Notes
Title based on content of sound recording
Label on audio cassette case reads: "Jean & Terry / Re / Jeans Memories & / Her Life History"
Label on Side A of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg - Memories / 1"
Label on Side B of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg Memories / 2"
Audio Tracks

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 2, July 8 1992

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 2, July 8 1992

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0017_0001_002.mp3
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Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4637
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
July 8 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:08:49 min)
Scope and Content
Track 3: This portion of the recording pertains to entertainment, food, school, and music. Jean discusses the importance of music as entertainment, which everyone participated in. She notes that her family always had visitors, for meals or to stay. Jean describes how her mother maintained a kitchen…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:08:49 min)
Material Details
Interviewer: Teresa Ballentine Interviewee: Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright (later Jean McCallum and later Jean Hogg) Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:09:29
Scope and Content
Track 3: This portion of the recording pertains to entertainment, food, school, and music. Jean discusses the importance of music as entertainment, which everyone participated in. She notes that her family always had visitors, for meals or to stay. Jean describes how her mother maintained a kitchen garden and domestic livestock, and what her mother did with the surplus. She talks about attending Gilmore Avenue School, relating how classes were held in various off-site locations when enrollment exceeded capacity. She also mentions attending the high school on Rosser Avenue. Jean talks of joining the school band in high school, playing the cornet. She describes becoming a member of the National Juvenile Band, playing concerts in many places, including the British Columbia Penitentiary.
History
Recording is an interview with Jean Hogg conducted by her daughter Teresa Ballentine. Jean talks about her life as a resident of Burnaby from her childhood in the 1910s to widowhood in the 1960s. Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright was born in Burnaby in August 1915, two years after her family moved to 3871 East Pender Street. She was one of five children of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Williams. Her first husband was Walter Angus McCallum, who she was married to from 1940-1965; they raised two daughters: June and Teresa. Her second husband's last name was Hogg.
Creator
Ballentine, Teresa
Names
Wright Family
Hogg, Jean Wright McCallum
Accession Code
BV018.17.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
July 8 1992
Media Type
Sound Recording
Notes
Title based on content of sound recording
Label on audio cassette case reads: "Jean & Terry / Re / Jeans Memories & / Her Life History"
Label on Side A of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg - Memories / 1"
Label on Side B of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg Memories / 2"
Audio Tracks

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 3, July 8 1992

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 3, July 8 1992

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0017_0001_003.mp3
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Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4638
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
July 8 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:11:07 min)
Scope and Content
Track 4: This portion of the recording pertains to Jean’s life after she finished high school. She describes her jobs in the 1930s, her first marriage, and talks about her oldest children. Jean recalls working at the London Cafeteria and Granville Lunch, on Granville Street, as well as the White Lu…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:11:07 min)
Material Details
Interviewer: Teresa Ballentine Interviewee: Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright (later Jean McCallum and later Jean Hogg) Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:09:29
Scope and Content
Track 4: This portion of the recording pertains to Jean’s life after she finished high school. She describes her jobs in the 1930s, her first marriage, and talks about her oldest children. Jean recalls working at the London Cafeteria and Granville Lunch, on Granville Street, as well as the White Lunch and Spencer’s Department Store on Hastings Street in Vancouver. She relates how she attended business school in the 1960s, after her husband died, rather than go back to the same kind of job, and talks about teaching shorthand, which she did at the Pitman Business School. Jean describes how she married Walter McCallum in 1940. She talks about Walter’s jobs, and how she moved to Victoria when he was in the Navy during the Second World War, and to other provinces with him when he travelled for his Union job during their twenty-five year marriage. She recalls the births of their daughters and the family’s living arrangements in Burnaby during and after the war during the housing shortage. Jean recalls living with her younger daughter Terry on York Street for a while after Walter died, before moving to Kitsilano. She describes the house in Kitsilano and what it was like living there with both of her daughters when the girls returned from travelling in Europe.
History
Recording is an interview with Jean Hogg conducted by her daughter Teresa Ballentine. Jean talks about her life as a resident of Burnaby from her childhood in the 1910s to widowhood in the 1960s. Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright was born in Burnaby in August 1915, two years after her family moved to 3871 East Pender Street. She was one of five children of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Williams. Her first husband was Walter Angus McCallum, who she was married to from 1940-1965; they raised two daughters: June and Teresa. Her second husband's last name was Hogg.
Creator
Ballentine, Teresa
Names
Wright Family
Hogg, Jean Wright McCallum
Accession Code
BV018.17.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
July 8 1992
Media Type
Sound Recording
Notes
Title based on content of sound recording
Label on audio cassette case reads: "Jean & Terry / Re / Jeans Memories & / Her Life History"
Label on Side A of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg - Memories / 1"
Label on Side B of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg Memories / 2"
Audio Tracks

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 4, July 8 1992

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 4, July 8 1992

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0017_0001_004.mp3
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Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4639
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
July 8 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:05:41 min)
Scope and Content
Track 5: This portion of the recording pertains to the living arrangements of various family members, the Wright’s religious practices, discipline, and favoured pastimes. Jean continues talking about life in the house in Kitsilano, and she recalls where her daughters lived at various times. She tal…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 audio cassette (0:05:41 min)
Material Details
Interviewer: Teresa Ballentine Interviewee: Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright (later Jean McCallum and later Jean Hogg) Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:09:29
Scope and Content
Track 5: This portion of the recording pertains to the living arrangements of various family members, the Wright’s religious practices, discipline, and favoured pastimes. Jean continues talking about life in the house in Kitsilano, and she recalls where her daughters lived at various times. She talks of buying a house with Walter when they returned to Burnaby, and how later she lived with Terry for a while after Walter died. Jean notes that her mother was a Christian Scientist. She discusses going to the services and Sunday school the church offered, on Georgia Street in Vancouver. Jean describes how physical punishment was meted out for offenses in her family. She relates how she enjoyed looking at boats from the pier in downtown Vancouver, and begins to share a story about her father, but the tape ends.
History
Recording is an interview with Jean Hogg conducted by her daughter Teresa Ballentine. Jean talks about her life as a resident of Burnaby from her childhood in the 1910s to widowhood in the 1960s. Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright was born in Burnaby in August 1915, two years after her family moved to 3871 East Pender Street. She was one of five children of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Williams. Her first husband was Walter Angus McCallum, who she was married to from 1940-1965; they raised two daughters: June and Teresa. Her second husband's last name was Hogg.
Creator
Ballentine, Teresa
Names
Wright Family
Hogg, Jean Wright McCallum
Accession Code
BV018.17.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
July 8 1992
Media Type
Sound Recording
Notes
Title based on content of sound recording
Label on audio cassette case reads: "Jean & Terry / Re / Jeans Memories & / Her Life History"
Label on Side A of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg - Memories / 1"
Label on Side B of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg Memories / 2"
Audio Tracks

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 5, July 8 1992

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 5, July 8 1992

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0017_0001_005.mp3
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Sound heritage : volume 4, number 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7475
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1975
Call Number
971.1005 SOU v. 4, no. 2
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Textual Record
Call Number
971.1005 SOU v. 4, no. 2
Contributor
Langlois, W. J., 1949-
Cauthers, Janet Helen, 1944-
Reimer, Derek
Place of Publication
Victoria, BC
Publisher
Aural History Provincial Archives of British Columbia
Publication Date
1975
Series
Sound heritage : volume 4, number 2
Printer
K.M. MacDonald, Queen's Printer
Physical Description
viii, 54 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Oral history
Oral history--British Columbia
British Columbia--History
Goodwin, Ginger
Lillooet Indians--Folklore
Fraser, Simon, 1776-1862
Haida Indians --Folklore
Indigenous peoples--British Columbia
Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--History
Folklore--Canada
Carr, Emily, 1871-1945
Sound recordings--Canada
Periodicals
Subjects
Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
Notes
"W.J. Langlois, Editor ; Janet Cauthers, Assistant Editor ; Derek Reimer, Assistant Editor." -- title page.
"David Day, Guest Editor." -- title page. Contents: Foreward - Ernest Hall (Provincial Secretary) Notes on Contributors Introduction: Aural history, Regional studies and literature in British Columbia The Creation of Man: The Creation of Man: One The Creation of Man: Two How the Animals and Birds Got Their Names The Kiskatinaw Songs: Stranger Song Captive Song Inside Song Sorcerer's Song The Exploration: How Simon Fraser Saw the Lillooets How the Lillooets Saw Simon Fraser For Simon Fraser My Father Simon Fraser The Mackenzie Fraser Thompson River Plot Eustice Smith - Two Histories The Ginger Goodwin Controversy Sergeant Lees' View William Pritchard's View Cumberland Graveyard, February 1973 Ginger: A play Four Statements on Work Prarie Letter The Cowichan The Tooth Journal Entry Emily Carr: Poem from: Emily Klee Wyck: An Interview A Short Trip With Young Emily The Spoils of War : Three Veterans/Three Poems Canada at War At Bay With Big Dutch Remembering Esquimalt Skookum Country D.N.A. Stereo Tape Magazine
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Sound heritage : volume 5, number 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7476
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1976
Call Number
971.1005 SOU v. 5, no. 4
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Textual Record
Call Number
971.1005 SOU v. 5, no. 4
Contributor
Langlois, W. J., 1949-
Cauthers, Janet Helen, 1944-
Reimer, Derek
Place of Publication
Victoria, BC
Publisher
Aural History Provincial Archives of British Columbia
Publication Date
1976
Series
Sound heritage : volume 5, number 4
Printer
K.M. MacDonald, Queen's Printer
Physical Description
vi, 80 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Oral history
Oral history--British Columbia
British Columbia--History
Haida Art
Indigenous peoples--British Columbia
Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Languages--Study and Teaching
Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Social Life and Customs
Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Social Conditions
Periodicals
Subjects
Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
Notes
"W.J. Langlois, Editor ; Janet Cauthers, Assistant Editor ; Derek Reimer, Assistant Editor." -- title page.
"Robert Levine, Guest Editor." -- title page
Includes bibliographical references
Contents: Introduction: Native Lauguages and Culture The Hesquiat Project : Research in Native Indian Aural History My Own Native Land : Some Reflections On The Lives of Native People Recording In The Native Language The Suppression of B.C. Languages : Filling In The Gaps In The Documentary Record Interview With Francis Williams, Haida Artist
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Sound heritage : volume 3, number 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7473
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1974
Call Number
971.1005 SOU v. 3, no. 3
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Textual Record
Call Number
971.1005 SOU v. 3, no. 3
Contributor
Langlois, W. J., 1949-
Cauthers, Janet Helen, 1944-
Reimer, Derek
Place of Publication
Victoria, BC
Publisher
Aural History Provincial Archives of British Columbia
Publication Date
1974
Series
Sound heritage : volume 3, number 3
Printer
K.M. MacDonald, Queen's Printer
Physical Description
v, 35 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Oral history
Oral history--British Columbia
British Columbia--History
Japanese Canadians--British Columbia--History
Japanese--British Columbia--History
Japanese--British Columbia--Steveston--Social life and customs
Canada--Politics and government
Political parties--Canada
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Periodicals
Notes
"W.J. Langlois, Editor ; Janet Cauthers, Assistant Editor ; Derek Reimer, Assistant Editor." -- title page.
Contents : Notes from Aural History, Provincial Archives of British Columbia Steveson: The Japanese-Canadian Experience Interviewing for Fun and Profit: The Conservative Party, 1956-1967 A Reporter's Oral History Project: Memoirs of the Diefenbaker Era Oral History Teaching Materials: Canadian Public Figures on Tape Aural History in the Classroom : The Columbia River Treaty Lecture Series Review: Nootka: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast
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