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Category: Residential

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

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

“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 […]
Vancouver, 1885-early 1890s

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 […]