by lakecountry | Oct 24, 2014 | Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Mark Gill
The name Oyama was chosen by the suggestion of the mother of Post Master, Dr. W. H. Irvine. The post office was established in 1906 and required a name. At this time, news reports of Field Marshal Oyama Iwao’s military accomplishments from the Russo-Japanese War,...
by lakecountry | Oct 17, 2014 | Bloggers, Hayes, Bob, History of Lake Country
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 Wood Lake Resort, was a popular tourist...
by lakecountry | Oct 10, 2014 | Guest Bloggers, Natural History, Pam Laing
Which birds might I see today? Red-tailed Hawks As the leaves fall and temperatures cool, hawk migration goes into high gear. Those species of hawk that came here to breed in the summer go south and those that bred in the High Arctic come for the winter. But the hawk...
by lakecountry | Oct 3, 2014 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
“Colonel” John Brixton, an English man, lived across the lake before moving to [Okanagan] Centre where Dick Ash now lives. He took care of the lighthouse on the island in Carr’s Landing. Although a veteran of both the Boer and World War I he was not...
