‘Tis hard to believe that it’s been twenty years since the District of Lake Country was incorporated. In 1995 the four communities of Carr’s Landing, Okanagan Centre, Oyama and Winfield incorporated to form the municipality of Lake Country. It is... [Continue Reading]
Recently, I wrote a short article about our family cabin on Clement Road, at the south end of Wood Lake. In this article I made reference to the adjacent campground and cabins known as “Sam’s”. This facility, also known as... [Continue Reading]
December 12, 1918. Vernon News A rather unfortunate accident happened on “The Railroad” last Saturday. Rev. Mr. Cassidy was driving and his team of horses became frightened and ran away throwing Mr. Cassidy out of the rig. Mr. Henry Irving... [Continue Reading]
The earliest domestic cattle in the interior arrived from the Columbia Valley in the 1840s, trailed in by the Hudson’s Bay Company and traded among the Okanagan Indians. By 1850, Okanagan Chief Nicola owned a large number of horses and... [Continue Reading]
Before the navigation canal was built in 1908, a creek drained Wood Lake into Long (Kalamalka) Lake. Wood Lake was initially four feet higher than Kalamalka, perhaps five or six feet higher during the spring freshet. In some years the... [Continue Reading]
“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]
The rocks, weeds and overgrown bushes along the western side of Wood Lake don’t make for an inviting swimming environment. A narrow and fairly rough strip of land separates fast-moving traffic along Highway 97 from the lake. The six-kilometre stretch,... [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]
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]
