Resort History
Fred Gordon (right) with Alex Miller
and daughter Jessie.
Kamloops Outdoor Club 1937 – Members
spent one week climbing Dunn Peak
assemble in front of the Baldy Mountain
fire lookout.
The spirit of Fred Gordon hovers over Hallamore Lake. He moved there in 1929 and in 1933 inherited the property from Bill Hewitt.
Fred farmed the land for a few years, then took on a partner. The pair built a dairy and supplied the workers at the Windpass mine until the mine shut down. After that, a series of owners allowed Fred to live out his life there, farming and trapping until 1957.
Bill Hewitt’s house became a lodge and sometime resort during the fifties, but a fire left no trace of it.
Until 2000, when Jack Kobelt bought the land, a collection of rented cabins near the lake provided year-round homes. The lake was also a popular site for community events – a tradition that will continue even though the old cabins have been replaced by luxury chalets.
