by lakecountry | Oct 23, 2015 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Shannon Jorgenson
Syilx people (Okanagan), traditionally used these tule mat teepees for summertime housing. The mats are constructed of tule mats that could be rolled up for easy and light travel. During the spring, summer, and into the fall, Syilx people would dig, gather, hunt and...
by lakecountry | Oct 16, 2015 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Duane
Occasionally local residents bring scrapbooks containing non-family items of local interest to the Lake Country Museum and Archives and such was the case when Dick Heddle delivered his mother’s collection. Among the papers was a page entitled “Rural Preliminary List...
by lakecountry | Oct 9, 2015 | Bloggers, Thomson, Carol
The first Thanksgiving Day after Canadian Confederation was observed as a civic holiday on April 5, 1872, to celebrate the recovery of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) from a serious illness. For many years before it was declared a national holiday in 1879,...
by lakecountry | Oct 2, 2015 | Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Natural History, Pam Laing
Which birds might I see today? Finches It is quite likely that you already know the birds I’m going to show you this time around. They are colourful, plentiful in numbers, sing beautifully and will come to feeders readily. They are the familiar finches, House Finches...
