“The Railroad” was the name used on the earliest colonial maps, before the settlement in Lake Country, to refer to the isthmus at Oyama. The term certainly did not refer to any European-made feature; it had to refer to either... [Continue Reading]
A proposed trail along Kalamalka Lake is in the works. The Regional District of the North Okanagan is investigating development of a trail from Okanagan College to Crystal Waters Road, near Oyama. “It’s a plan in progress,” said director Bob... [Continue Reading]
Tonight, Tuesday, August 28th, Okanagan Centre Park (by the Lake Country Museum) will be filled with contemporary voyageurs who are spending the night during their voyage from Vernon to Okanagan Falls, BC, during their Brigade Trails to Wine Trails adventure... [Continue Reading]
Fifty years ago, on July 12, 1962, “the black and white leader flag fluttered from the bow of the victorious Kalamalka Lake swimmer Bill Slater’s boat the whole 12 miles of the gruelling Sunday marathon. Slater, a 22-year-old Vancouverite, topped... [Continue Reading]
Return of the Kokanee, a public presentation by local biologist Dr. Peter Dill, is the third in a series of Public Lectures sponsored by the Lake Country Museum. This presentation is today at Winfield’s Creekside Theatre. Doors open at 1... [Continue Reading]
