On April 30, 1959 Gordon James Sr. (1922-2000), an avid outdoorsman, donated 25 acres of land to the newly formed Lumby & District Wildlife Association club. Gordon served as one of the original directors of the club, along with fellow directors Joe Martin, George Specht, Elseor Leger, Ron Catt, Cec Wills and Fred Holland. John Hughes was the first President, along with Al Sheardown as Vice-President, Harvey Howard as Secretary and Henry Catt asTreasurer. Gordon married Sigrid Ostensen (1922-1988) on Sept. 12, 1947 and together they had 3 children: Shirley (Schibli), Gordon and Pat (Pointer).