The rocks, weeds and overgrown bushes along the western side of Wood Lake don’t make for an inviting swimming environment. A narrow and fairly rough strip of land separates fast-moving traffic along Highway 97 from the lake. The six-kilometre stretch,... [Continue Reading]
Have you had an opportunity to visit the current exhibition at the Lake Country Museum? Hecho a Mano: traditional handcrafts of Mexico has been well received and continues at the Museum in Okanagan Centre Park until September 29th. If you... [Continue Reading]
The Summer 2012 newsletter, Volume 6, No. 3, for the Lake Country Heritage and Cultural Society is now available. This issue is packed with information about activities that have been happening at your local Museum as well as news of... [Continue Reading]
Don’t forget the Bugs & Us presentation tomorrow, Sunday, September 16th, 2012, at the Okanagan Centre Hall (11099 Maddock Avenue, Okanagan Centre). Doors open at 1 p.m. and the lecture begins at 1:30 p.m. Dr. Ward Strong will discuss the... [Continue Reading]
Have you had time to browse through your summer photographs? Did you take your family (and your company) to some of the area parks this summer or are you breathing a sigh of relief that summer’s company has gone and... [Continue Reading]
The 19th Annual Lake Country ArtWalk presents ART for CHANGE. Consider the power of the arts throughout time. “The arts have been used throughout time to draw attention to important issues in our society, and to the beauty of our... [Continue Reading]
The Lake Country Museum will be open on Monday, September 3rd (Labour Day) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. but as summer draws to a close (and we lose our wonderful Summer Students Elise Hahn and Zach Kornell) the Lake Country... [Continue Reading]
September 1, 1952. Sixty years ago today the Gallacher Gangsters played a baseball game against the Oyama Juniors team. The Gangsters line-up included Oyama players in their late twenties and thirties – many returned veterans: Yamamoto, Gallacher, Trewhitt, Stephens, Eyles,... [Continue Reading]
Are you aware of the variety of insects in the Okanagan Valley? Lake Country Museum is hoping to enhance your awareness and understanding of Okanagan entomology by presenting Bugs & Us, by local entomologist Dr. Ward Strong. Bugs & Us,... [Continue Reading]
