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Family creates ‘Shuswap Shire’ as unique fantasy getaway

Magna Bay home comes together through mix of inspiration and imagination

It is not a nasty, dirty wet hole filled with the ends of worms…, but a labour of love created for a comfortable stay.

On a property they own in Magna Bay, in the North Shuswap, the van’t Kruis family has made their love for literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien (and films based on said works) into a reality they call the “Shuswap Shire.”

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Lachlan Labere

About the Author: Lachlan Labere

Editor of the Salmon Arm Observer, Shuswap Market, and Eagle Valley News. I'm always looking for new and exciting ways to keep our readers informed and engaged.
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