by lakecountry | Jul 17, 2015 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
A Post Office at Okanagan Mission was opened in 1872 and mails came from Kamloops to O’Keefe’s, a few miles north of Vernon. From there they were taken to the Mission post office by a rancher of Swan Lake named Charles Lawson, on horseback. …...
by lakecountry | Jul 10, 2015 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
In 1921 the Okanagan Centre Women’s Institute decided to open a small library for residents. To become of a registered member of the library, people would have to pay an annual fee of $1.00. The librarian was appointed solely by the Institute and funds were...
