Bicycle race from Vernon to Kelowna
Young boys at Cub Camp at McKinley Landing
Day family on Kalamalka Lake
Ferry slip at Okanagan Centre
Vernon to Okanagan Mission
Gleed father and child
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May 17, 2013
The following poem, by Meiri (Koyama) Itami, was written in 1980 to honour Eijiro Koyama. Koyama farmed in the Winfield area in the 1920s. Eijiro Koyama died on January 17, 1956. A Day with Dad on the Farm As … Continue reading
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May 3, 2013
Addie Takenaka Maehara, whose parents were early Japanese Canadian pioneers in Lake Country, reminisces about her family’s early experiences in our community: There were many already in the community whose gestures of kind help and friendship eased the way for … Continue reading
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May 1, 2013
May is Asian Heritage Month and we welcome the opportunity to showcase the heritage of members of our local Japanese Canadian community. Photographs and text from the Lake Country Heritage and Cultural Society’s virtual exhibition, The Japanese Canadian Pioneers of Lake Country, … Continue reading
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April 26, 2013
On page five of the Thursday, November 16, 1911 edition of The Kelowna Courier and Okanagan Orchardist appeared the following article: DIED – At the Hospital, on Monday, Nov. 13th, Frank Reiner, Okanagan Centre, aged 52. Mr. Reiner had been ailing … Continue reading
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April 8, 2013
The Lake Country Museum & Archives is partnering with The Kelowna & District Genealogical Society to present a genealogy workshop next week. Black Sheep or Bigwigs? Whichever it is, we all want to know our family history and this is … Continue reading
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April 5, 2013
We do not usually think of mining as being an important part of our Okanagan history. An article in the May 9, 1935 (page 7) edition of The Kelowna Courier and Okanagan Orchardist shows that the pursuit of valuable minerals … Continue reading
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March 22, 2013
How did one travel from the Okanagan to the coast in the first decades of the twentieth century? Crossing the coastal mountains was no easy task. The Dewdney Trail, connecting the South Okanagan to Hope, had been built during the Gold … Continue reading
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March 8, 2013
Included in the recently acquired Heddle papers is an unidentified newspaper article, date unknown and most likely from the Vernon News. The article quotes from a journal kept by W. T. Heddle of Oyama during an auto trip that he … Continue reading
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February 25, 2013
The newest display at the District of Lake Country Municipal Office is entitled Old Timers and features timepieces from the past. Visit our municipal office at 10150 Bottom Wood Lake Road to view this latest satellite display created by Museum … Continue reading
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February 22, 2013
On Sunday James Baker, Mayor of Lake Country and Associate Professor Emeritus of the University of British Columbia, will discuss archaeology in our region. Please join Mayor Baker at the Creekside Theatre as he addresses Archaeological sites — Pelmewash and … Continue reading