by lakecountry | Nov 13, 2015 | Announcements, Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Natural History, Thomson, Carol
Ducks Unlimited: A longtime Okanagan family has donated two parcels of marshland to Ducks Unlimited Canada, ensuring the wetlands will be maintained for wildlife in perpetuity. The Young and Lloyd families, which settled in Oyama more than a century ago, were granted...
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 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...
by lakecountry | Sep 11, 2015 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
from Slates to Blackboards to Computers. A History of Public Schools in the Central Okanagan. Kelowna, BC: The Educational Heritage Committee of the Central Okanagan Retired Teachers’ Association. 1999. Back cover.
by lakecountry | Sep 4, 2015 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Duane
A response to last week’s blog post, Write in on the Heart: The sentiment behind this little poem [Fur Traders by Harry Robinson] is that the terms of trade between the fur traders (North West Company or Hudson’s Bay Company) and Indians were manipulated...
by lakecountry | Aug 28, 2015 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
Fur Traders They tell the Indian to get fur. Put it in a trap and get fur. Then they buy that and trade ’em. They trade, you know. They cheating the Indian at that time. See the gun? See this gun here? See? They put this gun, they stand ’em on the...
by lakecountry | Aug 21, 2015 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Duane
On last week’s blog the mention of the possible origin of the name Kalamalka was interesting but it left the impression that there is agreement on the derivation of the name. Carmen Weld suggests that Kalamalka may be a form of the name Kenamaska, the name of the...
by lakecountry | Aug 14, 2015 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Natural History, Thomson, Carol
Every resident and tourist alike will agree that one of the jewels of the Okanagan is Kalamalka Lake – but what is it that gives the lake that alluring blue-green colour? As it turns out, Kal Lake is one of only a handful of very special “marl lakes” that...
by lakecountry | Aug 7, 2015 | Guest Bloggers, Hailey Causton, History of Lake Country
Cedar root baskets are used by many different tribes in various regions. Cedar is popular among the Coastal Salish but also with the Interior Salish. Cedar root baskets are valued not only for the aesthetic appeal but for the many uses that they provide. These baskets...
by lakecountry | Jul 17, 2015 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
A Post Office at Okanagan Mission was opened in 1872 and mails came from Kamloops to O’Keefe’s, a few miles north of Vernon. From there they were taken to the Mission post office by a rancher of Swan Lake named Charles Lawson, on horseback. …...
by lakecountry | Jul 10, 2015 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
In 1921 the Okanagan Centre Women’s Institute decided to open a small library for residents. To become of a registered member of the library, people would have to pay an annual fee of $1.00. The librarian was appointed solely by the Institute and funds were...
