drawing of an old style ice box showing a block of ice at the top and food on the rack below.

Okanagan Historical Society Reports

Ogopogo in Okanagan Lake

The Jingle and Gong system between the Captain and the Engine Room

Firemen working to keep the coal in the burners producing steam at the right pressure.

Air pump and jet condenser for a coal fired steam engine paddlewheeler

North Okanagan Cattlemans Association

King for 326 days! The Prince of Wales became King Edward VIII for one of the shortest periods of any King, 326 days. He then abdicated...

The engine room of the SS Sicamous and an explanation of how the steam engines work to turn the paddlewheel

Most houses in the early 20th Century were quite small, thus the rooms within were small and lacked space for storage. If the house was...

Lumb Stocks and his son Jack were very well known photographers in Penticton.

Central Mobilization Camp in Vernon, BC. Tents for thousands of military.

Many members of Royalty have visited the Okanagan over the years. The Duke of Connaught was one of the early ones. The Okanagan has been...