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Portrait of William Cornelius Van Horne, n.d.

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 […]
Prunes, Coldstream Orchards, c. 1910

Prunes, Coldstream Orchards, c. 1910

Man standing on the back end of a wagon loaded with the Coldstream Ranch prune plum harvest.
“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 […]
George Grant (G. G.) Mackay, 1891

George Grant (G. G.) Mackay, 1891

Mackay, a successful Scottish land promoter, moved to British Columbia in 1888. “We had the advantage of being shown some of the country round Vancouver by an old […]
“Kodaking and Being Kodaked at Guisachan B.C.”, 1891

“Kodaking and Being Kodaked at Guisachan B.C.”, 1891

Kodak photo of Lady Aberdeen ‘Kodaking’ Guisachan Farm on the Aberdeens’ first visit.  It is likely that Lady Aberdeen set up the two Kodak cameras and had her daughter […]