by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Mar 17, 2025 | Backward Glances, Bloggers, Gibbons, Richard
Adventureland, the first park of its kind in the Okanagan, was the brainchild of two local residents Sam and Dorothy Pestes. Dorothy, a talented artist and Sam, a teacher with remarkable talents for innovation and building, created a perfect team. Their combined...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Feb 9, 2025 | Environment, Natural History, Uncategorized
By D. Scott Forfar. The Lake Country Museum & Archives has an intriguing little cookbook in its collection that tells a fascinating story. “Fish and how to Cook it” (1914) was the first cookbook ever published by the federal government. It was modeled after...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jan 23, 2025 | Backward Glances, Bloggers, Gibbons, Richard, Uncategorized
We all love our “stuff”. We accumulate “treasures” throughout our life and then ultimately wonder what will become of them after we’re gone. Both my parents and in-laws lived over fifty years in their homes. They didn’t throw much out…they had grown up during very...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jan 19, 2025 | Animals, Guest Bloggers, Okanagan birder, Pam Laing
Have you noticed the flocks of little birds that seem to be just about everywhere in our valley these days? When they fly you see a flash of black and white on their tails, and they have dark hoods and heads. What are they and where did they come from? They are...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Dec 19, 2024 | 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 lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Sep 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
Fall is here again, and fall migration well under way in the bird world. Some birds left us as early as late July or early August, and the last won’t really be gone until there is lingering snow and the temperatures fall dramatically. One of the most dramatic of fall...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Aug 22, 2024 | Animals, Guest Bloggers, Okanagan birder, Pam Laing
Today we’re going to take a look at an unmistakable species, easily recognized when seen. In our part of the Okanagan, however, they are not common, usually sighted in either April, May or June when they pass through northwards in migration. Huge flocks migrate...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | May 13, 2024 | Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country
Sing me your songs you Lake Country Girls… Bruce Coughlan’s song casts a spell over the listener as he regales us about the story of the Lake Country Applebox Belles. This raconteur always strives to be authentic, and is taking care to make sure that his latest song...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | May 13, 2024 | Guest Bloggers, Okanagan birder, Pam Laing
Spring migration, an overview In our valley, spring migration unfolds gradually, some birds arriving to breed here as early as February or early March, others not until June. Let’s take a look at which species have already arrived, which will come soon and which will...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Mar 11, 2024 | Animals, Okanagan birder, Pam Laing
By Pam Laing American Crow and Common Raven, two familiar Corvids American Crow, winter This winter started off unusually mild and snowless. You may have noticed, as I did, that many more crows than usual were lingering here instead of moving further south. Why? As...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Mar 11, 2024 | Lake country family history, Thomson, Duane
I recently came across an unidentified photograph in my files, likely of an Oyama family. The only clue was five parts of names on the back left margin of the photo, indistinct and in pencil. The names appear to be Dorothy, ?alter, ?ura, ?lice, and ?on. I checked the...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Mar 11, 2024 | History of Lake Country, Lake country family history
The Norman Davies’ niece, Rosemary Darville, fondly relates the story of her own family’s time in Oyama: For their honeymoon the Davies set off on a long journey by ship around the world, search-ing for a place to settle. When they reached Oyama after having visited...
