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The Aberdeens arrive at Guisachan Farm

The Aberdeens arrive at Guisachan Farm October 14th, 1891 They arrived unannounced at Okanagan Mission and had to walk a couple of miles to the Guisachan. At first […]

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 […]

Guisachan, B.C. October 1891 (Lord Aberdeen’s Farm)

Lady Aberdeen’s painting, looking towards Guisachan House and the third McDougall House (to the right). The construction of Guisachan House, built from a plan approved by the Aberdeens, […]

SS Redstar, “Mr. Lequime’s Little Steamer” in 1891

“Mr. Lequime’s little steamer which took us up the Lake to Guisachan.” Watercolour inspired by Lady Aberdeen’s 1891 Kodak photograph as published in Through Canada with a Kodak.

Gate into Guisachan Farm in 1891

Drawing inspired by Lady Aberdeen’s 1891 Kodak photograph as published in Through Canada with a Kodak.

Vancouver, 1885-early 1890s

“We heard much … of its (Vancouver) wonderful growth since the disastrous fire which utterly annihilated it five years ago. Within three months after the fire four hundred […]

The Three Sisters in the Rocky Mountains, 1880-1900

“All that remains now is a remembrance of towering snow-capped peaks rearing themselves up in all their strength above us…” Excerpt from Through Canada with a Kodak, p. […]

Three Prairie Families the Aberdeens’ Visited, 1890

L-Mr and Mrs John Campbells home; R-Mr and Mrs Peter Graham’s cottage; The Darough family at Glenfern Lady Aberdeen Kodaked and sometimes drew the English, Irish and Scottish settlers […]

Okanagan Mission Valley, c.1892

View looking northwest towards Okanagan Lake and the Westside. Guisachan Farm and the Bethel Presbyterian Church are visible, along with a few early buildings. Taken by Vernon photographer […]

Cattle Scene, Coldstream Ranche, Vernon B.C., n.d.

Much of the Okanagan Valley was divided into large cattle ranches until the area became overgrazed.

Lord and Lady Aberdeen, 1898

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

Coldstream Ranch Fruit Orchards, c.1895

The Coldstream Ranch land closest to Long (Kalamalka) Lake was subdivided into fruit lots to attract new settlers and to raise funds to offset some of the Aberdeens’ […]