Buildings & Structures Archives | Advance with Courage: Lord and Lady Aberdeen in the Okanagan Valley

Proposed House for the Aberdeens at Rattlesnake Point, 1895

William Van Horne gave the Aberdeens a sketch for a proposed new house at Rattlesnake Point. The design was of a wood and shingle structure, dominated by a […]

Guisachan House after Rehabilitation, 2015

The Cameron family lived in Guisachan House until it was sold to be subdivided. Paddy Cameron kept a life-lease on the house and the remaining seven acres until […]

Reception for the Aberdeens at Vernon, c.1894

Whenever Lord and Lady Aberdeen arrived or left the Vernon train station, there were always lots of people waiting to either welcome the famous family or see them […]

Coldstream Ranch Hops Pickers’ Camp, 1905

This is a view of the Nez Perce Indigenous encampment on the Coldstream Ranch. The Nez Perce, Indigenous people of the Plateau, lived on the Columbia River Plateau in […]

Coldstream Ranch Packinghouse, 1905

The packinghouse was built on the Coldstream Ranch in the 1890s. The building, although its use has changed, still exists today.

Aberdeen Jam Factory in Vernon, 1912

The 1892 jam factory is the one-storey building with a high stack to the left of the Vernon Flour Mill and S.C. Smith’s Sawmill. “The jam-factory which H.E. […]

Welcome Arch for the Aberdeens’ Visit, 1890s

Vernon’s residents decorated the main street, Barnard Avenue, with a Welcome to Vernon arch, trees and banners. This was to welcome Lord and Lady Aberdeen to Vernon when they visited […]

Coldstream Ranch, 2018

The Coldstream Ranch continues as a working ranch for cattle, horses, grains, and some fruit orchards. Coldstream Ranch

Official Opening of Guisachan Heritage Park, 1990

L-R: ?, Al Horning (MP), R.J. Bennett, ?, Cynthia Ellis (COHS president), ?, Lyle MacWilliams (MP), Alastair Gordon, Anne Gordon, Melissa Steele (Girl Guide), ?, ? After COHS […]

Lord Aberdeen Inspecting Guisachan Farm, c.1895

Lord Aberdeen, followed by an Okanagan Mission Priest and John Morrison, are inspecting the animal barn. “We are glad we came down here as we have found there […]

The Aberdeens Sampling the Coldstream Apples, c.1895

Back (L-R): Lord Aberdeen, Lady Aberdeen Middle (L-R): George, Ebba Wetterman (governess), Marjorie Front (L-R): Archie, Dudley The Aberdeens are on the Coldstream Ranch house verandah holding apples […]

Archie and Marjorie Riding their Bikes, c.1894

Archie and Marjorie are riding their bikes in front of the Coldstream Ranch house. Biking was a good way to explore the farm.