by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jan 25, 2022 | History of Lake Country, Natural History
Four Owls Winter is undoubtedly the best season in which to see owls. This is partly because many trees are bare, enabling better sightings, if you are lucky. But it’s also because in winter some of the owls that usually breed and hunt in the upper forests come...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Dec 11, 2021 | Guest Bloggers, History of Lake Country
Nancy Josland Dalsin In 2018 I was working as a volunteer at Mackie Lake House in Coldstream researching some of the artifacts. One of the artifacts that I was researching and trying to provenance was a beautiful, wall mounted artists jewel case designed by the...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Sep 11, 2021 | History of Lake Country
Don Arnold, the younger son of Nelson and May Arnold, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John Arnold and Wayne Pretty, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Pretty, both from Winfield qualified for the 1956 Olympics. Don Arnold along with teammates Walter d’Hondt, Lorne Loomer and...
by lcmuseum@shaw.ca | Jun 22, 2020 | History of Lake Country, Thomson, Duane
Following upon previous blogs on logging in the region in the 1920s, I have more recent and personal remembrances to relate. My father, Harold, and grandfather, Harry, operated a portable bush mill on the Commonage in the 1950s, supported by horse logging. The...
by navigator | Dec 15, 2009 | MacCrimmon, Sonja
I just finished putting up a display in the lobby of the District of Lake Country offices. It was inspired by the Heritage Week theme for 2010. In 2010 Heritage Week is February 15-21, and this year it coincides with the Olympics, hence the theme of athletic endeavor,...
by navigator | Oct 28, 2009 | MacCrimmon, Sonja, Medical Topics
Wow, This one is really interesting! Right on the box it says “Each maximum dose contains .0008 grs. Strychnine”. One the other side it says “Medicinal extracts from Natures’ roots, herbs, leaves and barks are blended with other efficacious...
