People 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.

Portrait of William Cornelius Van Horne, n.d.

Sir William Van Horne became president of the Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.) in 1888. He is best known for overseeing the major construction of the first Canadian transcontinental […]

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 […]

Coldstream Ranch Hops Pickers’ Camp, 1905

This is a view of the Nez Perce Indigenous encampment on the Coldstream Ranch. The Nez Perce, Indigenous people of the Plateau, lived on the Columbia River Plateau in […]

Prunes, Coldstream Orchards, c. 1910

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

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 […]

Lord Aberdeen Inspecting Guisachan Farm, c.1895

Lord Aberdeen, followed by an Okanagan Mission Priest and John Morrison, are inspecting the animal barn. “We are glad we came down here as we have found there […]

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.

Aberdeens’ Coldstream Ranch House, 1890s

This was the Aberdeens’ home when they visited Coldstream Ranch. “…there is a wonderful charm in feeling that one is once more on one’s own domain & that […]

Coldstream Ranch Hop Fields, c.1900

Young hop fields at Coldstream Ranch, with three men with horse teams walking the edge of the field.

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.