Transport 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 […]

Welcome Arch for the Aberdeens’ Visit, 1890s

Vernon’s residents decorated the main street, Barnard Avenue, with a Welcome to Vernon arch, trees and banners. This was to welcome Lord and Lady Aberdeen to Vernon when they visited […]

S.S. Aberdeen Steamship, c.1895

This is a photo postcard of the Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.) steamship, named in honour of Lord Aberdeen. The S.S. Aberdeen was launched on May 22, 1893 and […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

SS Redstar, “Mr. Lequime’s Little Steamer” in 1891

“Mr. Lequime’s little steamer which took us up the Lake to Guisachan.” Watercolour inspired by Lady Aberdeen’s 1891 Kodak photograph as published in Through Canada with a Kodak.

Gate into Guisachan Farm in 1891

Drawing inspired by Lady Aberdeen’s 1891 Kodak photograph as published in Through Canada with a Kodak.

“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.

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 […]