Ubezhishche (Refuge)

Canada / British Columbia / Grand Forks /
 village, farm land / agricultural area, historical layer / disappeared object
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550 acres purchased by the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood (CCUB) in 1909 as a new place of refuge, hence its name in Russian. These community Doukhobors built 7 communal villages with lumber works and irrigated farms. CCUB closed by 1938, and land sold by 1963. Doukhobor Genealogy Website: www.doukhobor.org/pn-details0e29.html?rec=330 A few original buildings are preserved and in use.
7 villages: www.doukhobor.org/Grand%20Forks.gif
1. Danshin(o), Khutor : www.doukhobor.org/pn-details12e2.html?rec=331
2. Horkoff : www.doukhobor.org/pn-detailsc5f6.html?rec=336
3. Hlookoff : www.doukhobor.org/pn-details8d7d.html?rec=335
4. Kalmakoff : www.doukhobor.org/pn-detailsb329.html?rec=337
5. Ozeroff :
6. Zibin, Zybino, Gollanya, Sleepy Hollow : www.doukhobor.org/pn-details716c.html?rec=341
7. ??
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Coordinates:   49°1'30"N   118°32'13"W
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