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Travelling by Wagon, 1890s

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.
Official Opening of Guisachan Heritage Park, 1990

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 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 […]
Coldstream, 1898

Coldstream, 1898

Archival photographs are used in the video to illustrate some of the people, buildings, and places in the Coldstream area that Lady Aberdeen described in her journal. These […]
“First Passenger Train to Vernon. Wed. Oct 14th ’91.”

“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.