Events Archives | Advance with Courage: Lord and Lady Aberdeen in the Okanagan Valley

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

Lord Aberdeen, Marjorie, and Archie Ready to Hunt, c. 1894

Lord Aberdeen with two of his children, Marjorie and Archie, on the steps of their Coldstream Ranch house. They are holding rifles and are about to go hunting.

“Guisachan B.C.”, 1891

One of a number of Kodak photos that Lady Aberdeen took of Guisachan House to record their first trip to Guisachan Farm.

Bethel Presbyterian Church, c.1915

The Bethel Presbyterian Church, built in 1892 on land donated by Mackay, was partially funded by the Aberdeens. Lady Aberdeen wrote in Through Canada with a Kodak that, […]

“Coming home from Church with the new team Brown Bess & Baby & her foal Madge Guisachan B.C.”, 1891

Kodak photo of Lord and Lady Aberdeen, Coutts and Eustace Smith (farm manager) in the horse-drawn carriage arriving back at Guisachan House after the church service in the […]

“Aberdeen, Coutts & Marjorie guarding the game aided by Spot and Crusoe”, 1891

Kodak photo of Lord Aberdeen, Coutts and Marjorie, with the two dogs, Spot and Crusoe, on the porch of Guisachan House displaying the wild birds that were hunted.

“Residence No. 1. Present owner emerging from inspection”; “Residence No. 2.”; “Residence No. 3.”, 1891

John McDougall was born at Fort Garry around 1827 to a Scottish father and a First Nations mother. McDougall travelled through the Okanagan Valley while working for the […]

“The Guisachan N.B. Scotch Firs being Planted at Guisachan B.C.”, 1891

Lord Aberdeen planting the Scottish fir trees, with Marjorie, Coutts, and Frank Conkling (Guisachan foreman) watching. Unfortunately, the Scotch firs did not survive in the Okanagan climate and […]