Reception for the Aberdeens at Vernon, c.1894
![Black and white photo of a large crowd of well-dressed people at two-storey train station with a stationary train on the right. In the crowd, there are horses and carriages.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/advance-with-courage_avancer-avec-courage/wp-content/uploads/sites/83/2018/07/Image-A-06746-Royal-BC-Museum-and-Archives-72-dpi.jpg)
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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 off.