August 2023

Wong Bing and Jessie Goldie: An Unlikely Friendship

August 25, 2023
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By: Scott Forfar Last week, I introduced the story of Wong Bing’s life as a cook at Rainbow Ranche in Okanagan Centre. The Rainbow Ranche was a prosperous 525-acre farm with the first large acreage of fruit planted in Lake... [Continue Reading]

Wong Bing: A Cook’s Life at Rainbow Ranche

August 25, 2023
lcmuseum@shaw.ca
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Chop wood, pump water, wash clothes, pick vegetables, cook and serve family andranch hand meals – that was the daily routine for Wong Bing working at theRainbow Ranche from 1916 to 1920. Wong Bing’s life on the ranch was recorded... [Continue Reading]