Ferme Fleur de Lys

The original farmhouse.



The Ranch began its life as the "Ferme Fleur de Lys". My greatgrandparents, Charles and Caroline Fleur de Lys, bought the property as a retirement project. my greatgrandfather was already well along in his years when he fell in love with the property. As the story goes he was working for the railway when he saw the farm from across the lake. My great grandmother left her work in Montreal where she operated and owned a beauty salon. I think she was hoping for some renovations on this 7 room house that her husband purchased but to my knowledge there were never any changes. My father was living in Switzerland at the time with his mother, sister and brother. The plans were for my father to join his grandparents on the farm within the year. My great grandparents left Montreal on a Saturday night, June 01, 1946, and travelled for three nights and four days before they arrived at Sicamous. From Sicamous they took a boat across the lake to finally arrive at their new farm.