CARROLL AIKINS AND THE GOD OF GODS – A NARAMATA LEGEND
“The God of Gods” script discovered in Nova Scotia University Library Why is this such an important discovery for the Okanagan? Why … Keep Reading
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The Greatest Contributor to Marine Transportation in British Columbia an essay by Brian Wilson. Archivist © 2016Captain James William … Keep Reading
BUFFALO BILL CODY CANADIAN TOUR 1910
As Editor, I must confess that I have used an age-old method of creating an eye-catching cover that has little to do … Keep Reading
ACCORDING TO ED
EXERPTS FROM THE MEMOIRS OF EDDIE ALDREDGE – 1989 On March 7th, 1919, my parents and I stepped off the S.S. Okanagan … Keep Reading
OYAMA – THE HISTORY OF A NAME
In 1906, a small group of settlers living close to an isthmus between Wood Lake and Kalamalka Lake, on the Vernon-Kelowna road, … Keep Reading
SIR THOMAS AT SUMMERLAND
Summerland InspectedBy David Gregory In the year 1900, the Canadian Pacific Railway made the decision to acquire 10,000 acres of land in … Keep Reading
WHO WAS ‘HONEST JOHN OLIVER’?
In 2015, the town of Oliver erected a memorial to Premier … Keep Reading
THE SAGA OF THE OOKPIK PARTY BARGE
by George Bergson In May 1964 a new pleasure craft was constructed in Penticton next to the Yacht … Keep Reading
WHAT DOES THE OPENING OF VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND VERNON AIRFIELD HAVE IN COMMON?
You could possibly blame the creation of Vancouver Airport on a snide comment by world renowned aviator Charles Lindbergh. In 1927, Charles … Keep Reading