Maggie Brown still walks around her mobile home park daily at the age of 100.

She used to walk to the Otter Co-op a few kilometres away to get her groceries until about last year.

The youngest of seven children was born Maggie Brady on June 6, 1923, and raised in the East Hastings neighbourhood of Vancouver.

鈥淚 always say on the wrong side of the railway tracks,鈥� she quipped.

Her parents passed when she was only six years of age.

鈥淢y sister raised us,鈥� Brown said.

When she grew up, Brown became a bookkeeper.

鈥淲hen I married my husband, we were in the lamp and shade business for many years,鈥� she said.

Then Maggie and Hamilton Brown made a huge life change. In 1973, they moved to the tiny community of Granisle where they ran the hotel. They arrived only two years after the village was incorporated. It鈥檚 named for the Granby Mining and Smelting Ltd. created mainly to house mine workers. The unmarried miners were the primary customers of the Brown鈥檚 hotel.

They were there for about 15 years, and Maggie loved it. She was accustomed to the big city of Vancouver with its hustle and bustle.

鈥淚 always dressed to a T 鈥� high heels, and never slacks,鈥� she recalled of her time in Vancouver. 鈥淭hen I moved to a place with one general store.鈥�

Still she enjoyed being part of a small northern community that was right on Babine Lake.

鈥淗appy, happy memories,鈥� she said.

When it came time to leave Granisle, they returned to the Lower Mainland.

鈥淲e moved down here and just travelled,鈥� she said.

When her husband was still alive, they would venture down to Mazatlan for winters. After his passing in 2009, she started travelling with her daughter on cruises until about 2019.

Now her favourite activity is getting together with her friends.

鈥淚鈥檝e got wonderful friends,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e have happy hour here every Friday.鈥�

They may be a key factor in what keeps her young at heart but she also credits common sense.

鈥淚 think it鈥檚 what your diet is, and actually what you do with your own life,鈥� Brown said.

The walking is an integral part of her life. She still racks up about 7,000 steps each day around the mobile home park where she鈥檚 lived since about 1988.

鈥淚鈥檝e done it for so many years, it鈥檚 just part of living,鈥� she added.

And she pampers herself. She still enjoys getting her nails done and treats herself to pedicures.

Brown isn鈥檛 sure why she鈥檚 reached the milestone birthday since most of her other family members died young and it鈥檚 not been a life free of medical issues.

鈥淚鈥檓 a cancer survivor,鈥� she noted.

That was back in 1964.

There was a birthday party for her on June 6, with family coming from as far as Ontario. And it鈥檚 a growing family. She now has a great, great grandchild, in addition to four grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren.

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