Myrtle Grove Goat Cart
Object ID: 1985.36.2525
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Contributed by Barbara Ann Lambert
The highlight of a trip for children from the Powell River Townsite to the Myrtle Goat farm in Paradise Valley in the 1930’s was a ride on a goat cart pulled by a billy goat! Tom and Gertie Lambert owned the largest goat dairy in the Dominion of Canada from 1926 -36 . They had over a hundred milking goats which supplied milk to the fast growing industrial town of Powell River. Goat’s milk was considered a safe milk for children at a time when cow’s milk was not pasteurized . “Save the Babies!” was emblazoned on Tom Lambert’s delivery truck. 
Advertisement for the Myrtle Grove Goat Dairy in the November 29, 1928 Powell River News.
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The Lambert and Sons, Myrtle Grove goat dairy cart all ready for the Elk's Carnival, 1938. (ID ND024068)
Lambert's Goat Ranch at Paradise Valley, 1930. (ID 1987.30.108)
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