WiFi at the Lake Country Museum and Patio Café
The Lake Country Museum and Patio Café now have WiFi available for visitors to enjoy.... [Continue Reading]
April 2013
Franz Reiner — Pioneer Lake Country Merchant
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]
Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The Annual General Meeting of the The Lake Country Heritage & Cultural Society (Lake Country Museum and Archives) will take place Wednesday, April 24th at 9 a.m. in the Carr’s Landing Room in the District of Lake Country Municipal building, Bottom Wood... [Continue Reading]
Volunteers in Lake Country
I visited the United Church-sponsored thrift shop the other day and when I opened the back door I was greeted by a veritable “Santa’s workshop” of folks, sorting, labelling and displaying all manner of donated items. What tremendous value they... [Continue Reading]
Imagine … our sustainable Lake Country
There will be a Community Visioning Forum on Saturday, April 13, 2013 from 1:00 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Winfield Memorial Hall. Our elected officials of the District of Lake Country what to know what matters most to you... [Continue Reading]
Discover if your family members were Black Sheep or Bigwigs
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]
Mining in Lake Country
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]