by lakecountry | Mar 25, 2016 | Bloggers, Community Events, History of Lake Country, Laura Neame
Here are two pictures taken in Okanagan Centre Hall, probably early spring of 1947 or 1948. According to Eleanor (Brixton) Geen, who supplied the photos, there was a tradition of spring shows at the hall, with local ladies acting as models. The items they are wearing...
by lakecountry | Mar 18, 2016 | Announcements, Bloggers, Community Events, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
The mayor of Lake Country says it’s something he was hoping for right from the start of the acquisition of the former CN Rail corridor. James Baker says it was a good news announcement from the Okanagan Indian Band that they are joining the inter-jurisdictional...
by lakecountry | Mar 9, 2016 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, This Day in History, Thomson, Carol
Some months after Dorothea Scott-Coward wed Robert Allison1 she wrote to her sister, Mib (Milborough Mackay), about being a newlywed in a lonely new country. In the letter she tells of the wedding itself (on the doorstep of the church because she was marrying a...
by lakecountry | Mar 4, 2016 | Announcements, Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
In June 2013 a blog was posted about a letter from Okanagan Centre written by pioneer Dorothea Scott-Coward. That post, and the letter it contained, initiated a number of interesting responses — one from a relative in the UK. Now, a collection of these...
