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Bethel Presbyterian Church, c.1915

The Bethel Presbyterian Church, built in 1892 on land donated by Mackay, was partially funded by the Aberdeens. Lady Aberdeen wrote in Through Canada with a Kodak that, […]

“Coming home from Church with the new team Brown Bess & Baby & her foal Madge Guisachan B.C.”, 1891

Kodak photo of Lord and Lady Aberdeen, Coutts and Eustace Smith (farm manager) in the horse-drawn carriage arriving back at Guisachan House after the church service in the […]

“Aberdeen, Coutts & Marjorie guarding the game aided by Spot and Crusoe”, 1891

Kodak photo of Lord Aberdeen, Coutts and Marjorie, with the two dogs, Spot and Crusoe, on the porch of Guisachan House displaying the wild birds that were hunted.

“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 […]

“The Guisachan N.B. Scotch Firs being Planted at Guisachan B.C.”, 1891

Lord Aberdeen planting the Scottish fir trees, with Marjorie, Coutts, and Frank Conkling (Guisachan foreman) watching. Unfortunately, the Scotch firs did not survive in the Okanagan climate and […]

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 […]

“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.

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 […]

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 […]

The Aberdeen Family, 1897

L to R- standing: Dudley Gordon, Lord Aberdeen, Haddo Gordon and Archibald Gordon; seated: Marjorie Gordon and Lady Aberdeen A formal portrait of the Aberdeen family taken in […]

Lord and Lady Aberdeen, 1898

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

Coutts Marjoribanks and his Ranch Foreman, late 1880s

Coutts Marjoribanks (seated on the left side) with his North Dakota Ranch foreman (‘Bernie’ Kelly) are dressed in their cowboy attire. Coutts, like many other young ‘remittance men’, looked […]