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Everyone is welcome to come out to these functions
Community Calendar
The Lone Butte/Horse Lake Community Association General meetings are the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. for more information call Chris Schmidt 250 395-2006.
The Historical Association meetings are usually the third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Lone Butte Community Hall, call Al or Gayle Jones at 250-395-5193 for more information.
OUT group(Other Unusual Talents) meet the first and third Tuesday at 10 a.m., $3.00 drop in fee, coffee and tea provided. Bring your lunch. For more information call Dona Andrews at 250-395-4263
Lone Butte Volunteer Fire Department meets every Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Volunteers are always needed, for more information call Mike Collinge at 250-395-6665 or 250-395-4270
Rural Crime Watch always welcomes more members please call Jon McCormick at 250-395-3516
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| The LONE BUTTE COLUMN |
| The OUT Group(other unusual talents)meet on the first and third Tuesday of the month at the Lone Butte Hall. So bring your knitting needles, crochet hooks, crafts or just yourself and enjoy a morning of talk and companionship with some talented and interesting ladies. There is a $3.00 drop in fee, coffee and tea are provided, but it is suggested that you bring a lunch. For more information please call Dona Andrews at 250-395-4263. |
| HISTORICAL REPORT |
The murals depicting Lone Butte are now on the Rangeland Theatre walls, with one wall having the water tower and an old train, and another wall with the "butte". A very pleasing sight indeed.
Historical meetings are usually the third Wednesday of the month at the Lone Butte Community Hall at 7:00P.M. Everyone is invited to attend. Call Gayle or Al Jones at 250-395-5193 for more information.
Lone Butte was established in the early 1900s near the foot of the "lone butte", an unusual geological formation whose creation is still a matter for speculation. The construction of the Pacific Great Eastern Railroad through the area in 1919 lead to the townsite being named Lone Butte. The area gradually became more settled and became the "railroad centre" for the area, Lone Butte grew to be the hub for the surrounding area. The Lone Butte Hotel was built across from the watertower to accommodate the influx of travellers coming to the area via the railroad. This historic landmark was destroyed by fire in 1998 thereby sharing the earlier fate of another prominent building that had been located nearby, the old community hall.
Lone Butte is home to a Cold War era bomb shelter built in the late 1950s as part of the civil defence plan to deal with a nuclear attack. It is presently part of the planned museum site at Alice Singleton Heritage House. |
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