by lakecountry | Dec 8, 2017 | Bloggers, Community Events, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Duane
This Heritage Marker, at the junction of Woodsdale and Lodge roads, is the third featured site along the Okanagan Rail Trail.1 The Thomas Wood Ranch dominated the flats at the south end of Pelmewash or Wood Lake until Wood retired to Victoria in 1903. He subdivided...
by lakecountry | Oct 14, 2016 | Announcements, Bloggers, Community Events, Exhibitions, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
Applebox Belles presents the stories of the pioneers, the Summer Girls, and the champion Apple Wrapper Flappers of Lake Country’s early apple packing industry. These determined women quickly became the workforce of the packinghouses, sorting, wrapping, packing, and...