About this episode

Local historian Mark Woermke discusses the Cuthertson family and their impact from Bark Lake to Hollywood.

Local historian Mark Woermke presents some fascinating new research into a frontier family who once called the Bark Lake Settlement their home in the latter half of the 19th Century. For nearly ten years, the Cuthertsons kept a stopping place at Bark Lake, about ten kilometres west of present-day Barry's Bay. But one of that Cuthbertson clan would eventually end up in Hollywood early in the 20th Century where she made quite a name for herself.

People in this episode

Host: Scholar-Gypsy

Guest: Mark Woermke

Topics covered

• local history
• frontier families
• 19th century
• Bark Lake
• Hollywood

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Bark Lake Settlement, Barry's Bay, Hollywood

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