Author: Alan Aldred My Family’s Arrival and Life in Canada – Alan Aldred This material may not be reproduced for commercial purposes, unless written permission is obtained from the Lake Country Museum and Archives. In all cases, when you reproduce... [Continue Reading]
Annual Report 2020 Lake Country Heritage & Cultural Society The Lake Country Heritage and Cultural Society presented its 2020 Annual Report at the Annual General Meeting on May 13, 2020. For any questions regarding this Report please contact the LCHS Executive... [Continue Reading]
The Lake Country Heritage and Cultural Society presented its 2019 Annual Report at the Annual General Meeting on April 4th, 2019. For any questions regarding this Report please contact the LCHS Executive Director, or LCHS President.... [Continue Reading]
The Lake Country Heritage and Cultural Society presented its 2017 Annual Report at the Annual General Meeting on April 13th, 2018. For any questions regarding this Report please contact the Lake Country Museum & Archives manager, Julie Trewartha, or LCHS... [Continue Reading]
“The Rainbow Ranche Collection was donated to the Lake Country Museum and Archives in 2013 by the family of the late James Goldie. The Rainbow Ranche was one of the first independent fruit ranches in the Okanagan, owned by several... [Continue Reading]
The Lake Country Heritage and Cultural Society presented its 2016 Annual Report at the Annual General Meeting on April 6th, 2017. For any questions regarding this Report please contact the Lake Country Museum & Archives manager, Julie Trewartha, or LCHS... [Continue Reading]
The Lake Country Heritage and Cultural Society presented its 2015 Annual Report at the Annual General Meeting on April 14th, 2016. For any questions regarding this Report please contact the Lake Country Museum & Archives manager, Shannon Jorgenson, or LCHS... [Continue Reading]
Applebox Belles presents the stories of the pioneers, the Summer Girls, and the champion Apple Wrapper Flappers of Lake Country’s early apple packing industry. These determined women quickly became the workforce of the packinghouses, sorting, wrapping, packing, and stamping, and... [Continue Reading]
The attached PDF is a brief biography of John James (Jim) Carney written by John James Carney Jr. (JJ) and prepared for CBC Vancouver’s WW I Commemorative Book From the West Coast to the Western Front. Published with permission of John James Carney Jr.... [Continue Reading]
Allison, Bob (Robert) 1871-1960: Robert Allison was born in Claudy, County Derry, Northern Ireland, in April 1871. He was the eldest of eight children born to Dr. and Mrs. William Allison. Robert Allison came to British Columbia in the early... [Continue Reading]