South Okanagan History
South Okanagan renovator discovers historical community treasure
When Oliver resident Craig Konechny purchased an abandoned, uninhabitable family home on Kootenay Street in…
Vancouver police seek owner of century-old scrapbook linked to Summerland
A worn, old scrapbook was turned into the Vancouver Police Department that contains personal memories…
‘Season of miracles’: How the South Okanagan mobilized to rescue plane crash survivors in 1950
PENTICTON – This holiday season, as you brave the malls and grumble about shovelling snow,…
Why this road along Vaseux Lake was a popular spot for early photographs
The Vaseux Lake bluffs provided lots of camera fodder for pioneer motorists. The large outcropping…
An Okanagan treasure hunt strike your fancy? There’s actually gold in them hills
PENTICTON – A tale of nearly $1 million of lost gold continues to pique the…
South Okanagan History: For a short period of time in 1934, Orofino Mountain was an economic force in the South Okanagan
OLIVER – More than 80 years ago, new ore discoveries on a mountain southwest of…
Penticton pioneer Tom Ellis fails to impress Austrian Archduke
PART TWO OF A FOUR PART SERIES THE ARCHDUKE IS A HARD MAN TO SATISFY…
Archduke’s cold forces early end to Penticton hunting trip
PART THREE OF A FOUR PART SERIES A CASE OF THE SNIFFLES GETS WORSE AND…
SOUTH OKANAGAN HISTORY: The wintery death of Oliver pioneer Jim Madden
OLIVER – A pioneer resident of the Oliver area who once made his living cutting…
Archduke’s Penticton hunting trip comes to a stormy conclusion
PART FOUR OF A FOUR PART SERIES READ PART THREE OF THE SERIES HERE: Archduke's…
Before his 1914 assassination ignited WWI, Archduke Ferdinand was one of the Okanagan’s first tourists
PART ONE OF A FOUR PART SERIES PENTICTON WAS LITTLE MORE THAN TOM ELLIS'S RANCH…
Similkameen legend challenges notion fur traders were first Europeans to set foot in south central B.C.
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – If your history books tell you fur traders were first to make contact…
Adventures in Penticton commercial air service
PENTICTON – Sight line issues at Penticton Regional Airport are keeping away nighttime flights for…
One of Europe’s most powerful and wealthy men was an Okanagan tourist in 1893
PENTICTON – More than 120 years ago the man whose assassination is widely blamed for…
The lost graves of Penticton’s Lakeview Cemetery
PENTICTON – Is there a lost pauper’s cemetery within Penticton Lakeside Cemetery’s boundaries that has…