VANCOUVER — British Columbia is a long way from the Appalachian coal fields, but the role that a south Vancouver chicken coop played in the rise of country music legend Loretta Lynn is being recalled after her death at the age of 90.
The neighbourhood's connection to Lynn is described in a Vancouver Heritage Foundation plaque that marks the site of a poultry barn on the banks of the Fraser River that also served as a music hall.
B.C. writer Rob Howatson, who spent years researching Lynn's connection to Vancouver, says he interviewed her in 2012 and she recalled her performance at the chicken coop.
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