by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Mar 11, 2024 | Lake country family history
John Norman Davies owned the V Bar V ranch from 1932 to 1943. Norman, from a Welsh landed-gentry family, was the son of Joseph Davies, a solicitor in Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales and Mary Jane Jones. Norman was born in Aberystwyth on 4 August 1894 and grew up in...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Mar 11, 2024 | Animals, Okanagan birder, Pam Laing
In our last post we looked at two North-American sparrows which turn up every spring to breed here, Savannah and Vesper Sparrows. This time let’s look at a sparrow you will only see here in summer, the Lark Sparrow. Lark Sparrow, distant but easily recognizable This...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Mar 11, 2024 | Lake country family history
William Furniss, a middle-aged farmer from Vernon, became the second owner of the V Bar V, after the Bovee brothers. He was born in England on December 5, 1843 (his gravestone says 1844) and according to the 1901 Canada Census immigrated to Canada in 1882, coming to...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Mar 11, 2024 | Lake country family history
Joseph Hayton was a Boer War veteran and world adventurer. He was born near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, to George Hayton, Rector of Niton, and his wife Ellen Louisa (Chadwick) Hayton. Hayton immigrated to Canada at age 19 aboard the Laurentian in 1895. He returned to...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Mar 11, 2024 | Lake country family history
This blog continues a story of the Bovee families that settled in Oyama in 1894 and then moved to the Commonage in 1898. Manfred pre-empted a half section of land in the northern Commonage, a dry grassland environment about 10 miles south of the Oyama...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Mar 11, 2024 | Lake country family history
At least five families contributed to the development of the V Bar V ranch in Oyama.[1] The first were the Bovee brothers and their families. The original pre-emptors of the V Bar V were the Bovee brothers, Manfred Leroy Sanford (b. 19 Sept 1858) and Orbie...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Mar 6, 2024 | Animals, Guest Bloggers, Okanagan birder, Pam Laing
When non-birders think of sparrows they think of the common House Sparrow, the birdthat says, “Cheep, cheep” in our hedges and is abundant in built-up areas. But HouseSparrows are not true sparrows, were introduced here from Europe and are in fact relatedto the North...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | May 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Annual Report 2020 Lake Country Heritage & Cultural Society The Lake Country Heritage and Cultural Society presented its 2020 Annual Report at the Annual General Meeting on May 13, 2020. For any questions regarding this Report please contact the LCHS Executive...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | May 13, 2023 | History of Lake Country, Lake country family history, Manuscript
Download PDF My Family’s Arrival and Life in Canada – Alan Aldred This material may not be reproduced for commercial purposes, unless written permission is obtained from the Lake Country Museum and Archives. In all cases, when you reproduce this material we ask that...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Feb 6, 2023 | Bloggers, Guest Bloggers, Pam Laing
Our valley is home to two jays, members of the corvid family, (which includes crows, ravens, magpies and so on). These are the Canada Jay, formerly called the Gray Jay, and the Steller’s Jay. I wrote an article about Canada Jays in the fall of 2017 for this blog.* ...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Feb 6, 2023 | Bloggers, Guest Bloggers
Written by Asha Chloe CraigExclusive for lakecountrymuseum.com In Central Okanagan Public Schools, there is a program where young students can learn from the land of the Okanagan Valley. Here, indigenous students have the opportunity to celebrate and learn about their...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jan 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
The front entrance to Jack Seaton Park got a new face lift with the installation of a new gate, landscaping upgrades and an addition to the sign that marks the entrance. Lake Country Crane Service owner Bob Yunick and Seaton Park board directors Jack McCarthy and...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jan 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Work began in February on Phase 2 of Lake Country’s sewer project, as well as an extension of sewer service from the new Cooper’s Foods store on Beaver Lake Road via Jensen Road and Bottom Wood Lake Road (pictured here) to the Phase 1 works installed at Berry Road....
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jan 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
R and L Excavating began work in late November, prepping the land in order to begin installing sewer pipe under the area already dedicated for Main Street. Adding the sewer line this year was not something the District had planned but when Winfield Plaza started to...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jan 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Middleton Road may be relatively newly established but the Middleton family for whom it was named arrived in the area in 1903. The first of the Middleton family to move to this area were William and Catherine Middleton. They had five children — Louisa Alexandra,...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jan 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
At the recently concluded convention in Penticton of the B.C. Fruit Growers Association, long-time association activist Allan Claridge was re-elected as the industry’s ombudsman. In addition, son Don was elected as the new market board chairman, replacing the...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jan 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Tennis courts have been added to Jack Seaton Park — a Lake Country Lions Club project. See also 1971,...
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...
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