by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jan 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
St. Edward’s Catholic Church was built in 1949. It was named for St. Edward the...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jan 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Al and Ida Vecchio open Al’s Cafe in Winfield which they operated for forty years. It became a center of community activity for both children and...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jan 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Pollard’s Pond, as it was known to the locals, is now the upscale, quiet subdivision known grandly as “The Lakes.” Pollard’s Pond was the original site for trap shooting and a rifle range. In that era, shooting was literally a family affair. Trap shooting was very...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jan 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Sid Holtom built Winfield’s first service station from lumber salvaged from the Duke...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jan 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
The old cemetery dates from between 1906 and 1908 when the Maddock Brothers gave a lot of land (East half, Lot 66, Plan 444) for the cemetery, land where ‘several bodies had been buried’. The Museum has a copy of a ‘Deed of Land’ documenting the gift but it apparently...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jan 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Cemetery Road was established in 1907 with its starting point on Davidson Road and proceeding south to a dead end. It was so named due to its location near the cemetery. The road was paved in 1980. See also: Old...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Nov 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
By: Fred Larsen As I grew up in the Okanagan, in Woodsdale, during the 1950s, I was shaped largely by the examples of my 0.mother and father. My mother’s musical ability and sociability—as well as her love and respect for my dad and her willingness to work hard once...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Nov 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Eyles was born in Bristol, England, in 1925 and joined the Home Guard, the 8th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry at age 17. In 1943 he joined the Royal Navy where he trained as a radar operator. He served on the ships Wessex, Highflyer, Drake, Valkyrie, Golden Hind,...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Nov 30, 2022 | Deana Asham, Guest Bloggers
The life cycle of kokanee is a part of the Okanagan that is visible each year in the fall. When walking down a creek or stream from mid September to mid October, it is hard to miss the bright red fish migrating up. Okanagan Kokanee are unique because one may also see...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Nov 30, 2022 | Guest Bloggers, Natural History, Okanagan birder, Pam Laing
Don’t call them Seagulls! When we live in a valley with a number of lakes, large and small, as well as ponds, riversand creeks, (not to mention large landfill sites), we are bound to see gulls. Non-birdersoften refer to them as Seagulls. But we have no sea anywhere...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Nov 30, 2022 | Guest Bloggers
September 17, 2022 On a lovely September Day Virginia and Peter Palma kindly hosted a gathering of Kobayashi Descendents to dedicate their beautifully renovated home to the Kobayashi family. This kind gesture was appreciated by four generations of the family, who...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Nov 30, 2022 | Animals, Environment, Guest Bloggers, Natural History
Flooding is common in the Okanagan. Our post ‘Flooding in Lake Country’ touches on this, as we noted how flooding occurred nearly every year in the early 1900s. In 1908, the Oyama canal was built, connecting Wood Lake and Kalamalka Lake. This lowered the lakes’ water...
