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

Travelling by Wagon, 1890s

Travel by horse and wagon between the Okanagan Mission and the Coldstream Ranch was long and could be challenging in the 1890s.

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 […]

Hops, Coldstream Ranch, n.d.

Hops were grown to help with expenses while the Aberdeens were waiting for the fruit trees to mature.

Apple Orchard, Coldstream Ranch, 1900-1910

“When we came here, irrigation was not considered a necessity either for fruit or hops but our own experience & that of the settlers who have bought lots […]

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. […]

Prunes, Coldstream Orchards, c. 1910

Man standing on the back end of a wagon loaded with the Coldstream Ranch prune plum harvest.

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

‘Avenue of Cedars’ in Guisachan Park, n.d.

A modern view through the cedars (replaced the Scottish firs in 1894) of part of the original driveway to Guisachan House.

Guisachan Farm Hop Fields, c.1892

Guisachan Farm’s hop fields taken by photographer Ernest Brown, c. 1892.