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The Peace River valley's fertile farmland made it an attractive settling place for many of the people who had been lured to BC in the frenetic promise of wealth during the gold rush. This song differs from other in this collection in its images of restfulness and sense of peace.

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There’s a river that is flowing up toward the northern sea;
It’s not famed in song or story, still it has a charm for me.
It has called me from the southlands where the starry banner blows,
And I’ve settled down forever where the great Peace River flows.

I’ve a little moss-chinked cabin just beyond its northern shore
Where I hope to live contented till this span of life is o’er.
May life’s care pass lightly o’er me, all its troubles and its woes
Be to me a fleeting memory where the great Peace River flows.

Where the great Peace River’s flowing, where the pretty bluebells grow,
And the prairies they are glowing with the beauties of the rose.
Where the sun is always shining, no-one sits down to repose,
And each cloud has silver lining where the great Peace River flows.

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from Settler's Songs of the Pacific Northwest, released June 2, 2017
Although many versions of this song exist, these stanzas were collected by Cecil Pickell of Fort St. John for the Alaska Highway News in 1972.

Features Lucy Brooke on Vocals

Thomas, Philip J., and Shirley A. Cox. Songs of the Pacific Northwest. Ed. Jon Bartlett. 2nd ed. Surrey, BC: Hancock House, 2007. Print. pgs 82-85, 201.

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Katie Green and Karen Hefford are two musicians from Vancouver who combine classical and folk music influences. Their close-knit harmonies and varied instrumentation bring a fresh interpretation to traditional songs. ... more

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