Lake Country: Origins in Time and Place, a book for students and the accompanying teacher’s guide and DVD has been completed. Funding for this publication was generously provided by The History Education Network and the University of British Columbia, Department... [Continue Reading]
The Lake Country Museum would like to invite you to our second community meeting for the project Applebox Belles: The Women of Lake Country’s Packinghouses. At this meeting we’ll be presenting the photographs and interviews collected/provided for the project, the... [Continue Reading]
Syilx people (Okanagan), traditionally used these tule mat teepees for summertime housing. The mats are constructed of tule mats that could be rolled up for easy and light travel. During the spring, summer, and into the fall, Syilx people would... [Continue Reading]
Occasionally local residents bring scrapbooks containing non-family items of local interest to the Lake Country Museum and Archives and such was the case when Dick Heddle delivered his mother’s collection. Among the papers was a page entitled “Rural Preliminary List... [Continue Reading]
A reminder that this Saturday the Lake Country Museum is hosting guest speaker Jordan Coble of the Sncewips Heritage Museum at the Creekside Theatre (note the change from the usual Sunday lecture). His presentation is Snc∂wips: How our Collections tell... [Continue Reading]
The first Thanksgiving Day after Canadian Confederation was observed as a civic holiday on April 5, 1872, to celebrate the recovery of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) from a serious illness. For many years before it was... [Continue Reading]
Which birds might I see today? Finches It is quite likely that you already know the birds I’m going to show you this time around. They are colourful, plentiful in numbers, sing beautifully and will come to feeders readily. They... [Continue Reading]
