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

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 Arrive in the Okanagan Valley

The Aberdeens arrive in the Okanagan Valley, October 14th, 1891 October 14th, 1891. Vernon, Sicamous, Guisachan. Here we are at last at our destination! The starting of the first […]

“First Passenger Train to Vernon. Wed. Oct 14th ’91.”

The Aberdeens were passengers on the first train to Vernon. The train stopped in Enderby where Lady Aberdeen Kodaked the train in the station.

The Aberdeen Family, 1897

L to R- standing: Dudley Gordon, Lord Aberdeen, Haddo Gordon and Archibald Gordon; seated: Marjorie Gordon and Lady Aberdeen A formal portrait of the Aberdeen family taken in […]

Lord and Lady Aberdeen, 1898

Detail of a formal portrait of Lord and Lady Aberdeen after becoming the Governor General of Canada (1893-1898).