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Start of the Vernon to Kelowna Bike Race
Boys at Cub Camp at McKinley Landing
Chattertons’ farm in Winfield
Ferry slip at Okanagan Centre
Vernon to Okanagan Mission, taken in Oyama
Gleed father and child, Okanagan Centre
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Apple industry

Settlers began planting fruit trees in the Okanagan in the 1860s. Thought at this time planting fruit was considered a risk because the fruit was perishable and the only means of transportation could take up to two weeks to get... [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]