Okanagan history
iN VIDEO: How ‘Canada’s biggest water system’ took Vernon from cattle to fruit
It was mostly foreign land barons who transformed the Coldstream/Vernon area from cattle and hay…
iN VIDEO: Dwarf apple trees in the Okanagan in the spotlight of this 1955 film
Long before dwarf apple trees became the standard in the Okanagan, the National Film Board…
Penticton cop shot and killed by ‘Jesse’ James on Okanagan Lake more than a century ago
The sordid story of the Okanagan’s version of Jesse James led to the shooting of…
iN VIDEO: All you ever wanted to know about abandoned mines in B.C.
When the dinner conversation turns to mining in B.C., the Okanagan is not likely to…
There’s gold in some Okanagan hills
There is an old mining cart at the SS Sicamous heritage site in Penticton with…
These Okanagan volcanoes had a long, slow journey to the region
It’s easy to believe that plenty of prominent rock formations in the Okanagan were once…
iN PHOTOS: Why tobacco failed to be the Okanagan’s biggest crop
Not once but three times in Kelowna’s history, tobacco looked to become the dominant crop…
The Kelowna police chief who murdered two people in broad daylight
It was 90 years ago when a Kelowna police chief committed one of the city's…
There was a time when it could take weeks to get from Vernon to Penticton
On a good day it will only take a couple of hours to drive the…
Gallagher who? The man behind the Kelowna canyon, golf course and road
Dan Gallagher, old timers say, was an outgoing, generous loner who played a mean fiddle.…
Vintage photos of Okanagan Lake campground show how it used to be
As the weather warms, many thoughts are turning to the prospect of spending some time…
New time travel video shows Highway 3 from Princeton to Osoyoos in 1966
Tran B.C. has released a new video in its ‘Road Trip Time Machine’ series with…
The Lake Country ‘sailboat’ isn’t just roadside marketing, it’s a historical landmark
A blue and white sailboat has been the marketing staple of Holiday Park Resort since…
The last flight of Penticton-bound RCAF Mitchell 894
High on a mountainside near Rossland lies the wreckage of a Second World War bomber…
iN VIDEO: Mysterious footage emerges of Okanagan cigarette plant
Mystery surrounds a recently published video that depicts the 1960 opening of a cigarette factory…