If she's not the oldest person in the province, May Wyatt is certainly in the running after turning 107. Speaking to CTV, the Kelowna woman said he has no recipe for longevity. She simply considers herself lucky.

The wheelchair is a relatively new feature for 107-year-old May Wyatt. She broke a leg at age 106, and it was never the same. Her memory is a little spotty sometimes. But she clearly remembers being a kid on the steamship that brought her to Canada in 1908, when she was six.

"But I remember playing around in the boat,'' she said.

Her father worked as a foreman with the railway on Vancouver Island, and later as a movie theatre projectionist.

"[We would] get in the show for nothing, get a ride on the train for nothing, we were lucky,'' she said.

It's the happy memories that come back to May the easiest. Memories of the Great Depression are foggier.

She can recall standing in the bread line waiting for handouts

Wyatt was born the same year as U.S. aviator Charles Lindbergh, who flew from New York to Paris in 1927. She was the oldest of four children in her family, but she's outlived them all.

Son Tom is amazed that his mother has lived so long.

"It was kind of something when she made it to a 100,'' he said. "It was even more when she made it to 105. Now I don't know what to say."

Just where the longevity comes from is a mystery.

May's family has made enquiries with vital statistics, but has been unable to firm up how close she is to the oldest person in the province. They know she's close.

May is the oldest person at her care home by a margin of seven years. But it's likely not her diet that sets her apart. Her favourite foods are McDonalds french fries and chocolate bars. She particularly likes the burnt almond.

Take it day by day is her only advice to those hoping for a long life. And her manner says take it easy.

With a report by CTV British Columbia's Kent Molgat.