Clarence Gallagher was the caretaker of a historical cabin on the Sumas Prairie (Abbotsford, BC). In my fourth year of art studies at Trinity Western University I inquired about the history of this building, and was connected with Clarence. From 2020 to 2023 I documented our visits together at his cabin and later at his home in North Vancouver; as an intern for the Heritage Abbotsford Society I interviewed Clarence on the topic of his historical cabin shortly before he passed in July, 2023.
In the cabin on Sumas Prairie.
Clarence trimming the blackberries behind the cabin.
Clarence entering the woodshop in his North Vancouver home.
A picture of Clarence in his living room.
A still from our Zoom interview in June, 2023.