by lakecountry | Jul 7, 2017 | Guest Bloggers, Natural History, Pam Laing
Which birds might I see today? Colourful Songsters This time I’m going to introduce you to two of my favourite birds, the Western Tanager and the Lazuli Bunting. These are two of the most tropical-looking birds to be found annually in our valley and summer is a good...
by lakecountry | Jun 30, 2017 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Duane
These days Canada Day celebrations are heavily promoted and generally well attended and we can expect some large crowds at celebrations at Canada’s 150th birthday. However, British Columbia has not always had a harmonious relationship within Canada. Confederation is...
by lakecountry | Jun 23, 2017 | Community Events, Gary Hein, Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Natural History
A couple years ago, I was watching America’s Funniest Home Videos (AFV) and they showed a clip of an unusual looking critter swimming across a pond with its head held high above the water. It turned out to be a small snake that slithered up the other side. Then...
by lakecountry | Jun 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
“You’ve Got Mail.” There is now a much different context to that phrase than once was the case. Today it probably indicates a long list of unopened emails, most quickly deleted, some perhaps unread. Many check their text messages and emails with the frequency similar...
by lakecountry | May 26, 2017 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Natural History, Thomson, Duane
We read in the newspaper that the current flood conditions are a “once in two hundred year” event. How would we know that? We have no written records for Lake Country before settlement, which began with Tom Wood’s pre-emption of 160 acres at the south end of Pelmewash...
by lakecountry | May 19, 2017 | Bernie Gatkze, Community Events, Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country
The Oyama Fire Department was the first organized fire department in what is now Lake Country. A fire at Appleton’s General store, located next to the Oyama Post Office and Thomson’s Garage demonstrated the need for fire suppression in the community. That fire was...
by lakecountry | Apr 23, 2017 | Bloggers, Hayes, Bob, History of Lake Country
The advent of the automobile age, in the early years of the twentieth century, heralded the dawn of a new era in transportation and signalled the slow but steady decline of horse-drawn business and pleasure vehicles. The arrival of automobiles was an historic event....
by lakecountry | Apr 14, 2017 | Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Natural History, Pam Laing
Which bird might I see today? More woodpeckers It’s spring! Are you being woken up early by a woodpecker drumming on your chimney or siding? Try not to get mad. It’s just ‘spring fever’ or as the song says, “Love is in the air”. Your bird is a Northern Flicker and...
by lakecountry | Apr 5, 2017 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, This Day in History, Thomson, Carol
“On April 5, 1917, BC women got the right to vote in provincial elections. The struggle for the vote really heated up across the country in 1912. Most of the action took place at the provincial level. Richard McBride was the premier and he opposed granting...
by lakecountry | Apr 1, 2017 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
Continued from Alex Lord’s recollections: Alex Lord’s British Columbia: introduction to Alex Lord; Alex Lord — Recollections of a Rural School Inspector: Kelowna Beginnings; Alex Lord’s memoirs continued; Alex Lord’s memoirs concluded....
by lakecountry | Mar 24, 2017 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
Continued from Alex Lord’s Kelowna Beginnings and the introduction to Alex Lord. “Independent incomes did not tend to strengthen either exertion or initiative, and the fruit industry was to experience deep tribulations when it had to be self supporting...
by lakecountry | Mar 16, 2017 | Bloggers, Community Events, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
Kelowna Beginnings Some Lasting Impressions1 “The year was 1910. British Columbia schools reopened for the autumn term on the third Monday in August. As the just-appointed principal in Kelowna, I arranged to arrive on the previous Friday and so departed from my...
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