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Signs of HistoryThe Chapel - Pandosy Mission - Kelowna, BC

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This little log chapel, built by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, was the first building to go up at Pandosy Mission. It was the first Roman Catholic church in the BC interior. It was restored in 1954, 96 years after its construction in 1860.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 09/03/2014

last visited: never

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Commercial CommemorationsPandosy Mission Sesquicentennial - Kelowna, BC

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This sculpture was commissioned by the Okanagan Historical Society to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Father Pandosy Mission. It depicts Father Pandosy in his flowing robe, scurrying across the mission grounds...

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 09/04/2014

last visited: never

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Signs of HistoryBlacksmith Shop - Pandosy Mission - Kelowna, BC

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The blacksmith shop at Pandosy Mission was originally built some miles away, in the Joe Riche District. Built around 1900, it was moved here by the Okanagan Historical Society in order to preserve it.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 09/04/2014

last visited: never

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Signs of HistoryBrothers' House - Pandosy Mission - Kelowna, BC

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This little log house, built in 1865, would have been the first actual residence built at the mission, as the brothers had previously lived in the upper floor of the mission's chapel.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 09/04/2014

last visited: never

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Signs of HistoryMission Barn - Pandosy Mission - Kelowna, BC

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This large log barn may have been the first one build in the Kelowna area, though that is not certain. The Oblate Fathers built then used the barn until at least the 1890s, when the mission headquarters was moved to Kamloops.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 09/03/2014

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersThe Dewdney Trail — Cascade Recreation Area, BC

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The Dewdney Trail was developed through the 1860s to provide an all-British Columbia route from the Interior of the colony to water access on the Pacific Ocean.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 06/04/2013

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersBenvoulin Church - Kelowna, BC

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Benvoulin Church is in Benvoulin Heritage Park along Benvoulin Road, at number 2279.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 05/05/2013

last visited: 01/02/2014

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersEngineers Road, Manning Park, BC

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Along Highway 3 in Manning Provincial Park.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member gypsie2

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 07/27/2011

last visited: 08/21/2022

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersB.X. - Cache Creek, BC

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This heritage marker about the B.X. stage coaches is located on Highway 97 about 6 miles north of Cache Creek, British Columbia.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/12/2013

last visited: 09/06/2016

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Signs of History1912 Ellison School - Kelowna, British Columbia

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In 2012 this one time schoolhouse celebrated its centennial with a celebration and this spiffy new bronze plaque. The school remained open as a school until 1996. In 2001 it was repurposed and reopened as the Ellison Heritage School Community Centre.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 09/03/2014

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British Columbia Heritage Markers1912 Ellison School - Kelowna, British Columbia

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In 2012 this one time schoolhouse celebrated its centennial with a celebration and this spiffy new bronze plaque. The school remained open as a school until 1996. In 2001 it was repurposed and reopened as the Ellison Heritage School Community Centre.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 04/01/2023

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Signs of HistoryEllison School and the Community - Kelowna, BC

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This is the first history sign erected at the school, prior to the school's centennial in 2012. The building was operated as a school from 1912 until 1996. In 2001 it was repurposed and reopened as the Ellison Heritage School Community Centre.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 09/03/2014

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersEllison School and the Community - Kelowna, British Columbia

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This is the first history sign erected at the school, prior to the school's centennial in 2012. The building was operated as a school from 1912 until 1996. In 2001 it was repurposed and reopened as the Ellison Heritage School Community Centre.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 04/01/2023

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersRock Oven - Penticton, BC

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This is one of several heritage markers which have been installed around the S.S. Sicamous Heritage Site and Museum on the waterfront of Okanagan Lake.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 12/26/2015

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersCanadian National Tug no. 6 - Penticton, BC

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Replacing coal fired steam tugs such as the S.S. Naramata, the diesel engine powered Tug No. 6 was built in England in 1948 and operated on Okanagan Lake until 1973.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 12/20/2015

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersS.S. Naramata - Penticton, BC

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Built in Ontario in 1914 and assembled in Vernon, the S.S. Naramata sailed the Okanagan for over half a century, pushing barges up and down the lake.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 12/20/2015

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersS.S. Okanagan Stern Saloon — Penticton, BC

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Okanagan Lake saw three luxury serving it waters prior the Depression. These ships moved people and goods up and down the length of the lake. The S.S. Okanagan was decommissioned and dismantled. The Stern Saloon is one of the few parts the survived.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 06/13/2010

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersPenticton Dredge Shed - Penticton, BC

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Restored and preserved by the S.S. Sicamous Heritage Society, the old Dredge Shed, built in 1933, now serves the society as workshop space for restoration work done by them.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 12/21/2015

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersS.S. Sicamous — Penticton, BC

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The gem of the British Columbia CPR Lake & River Service the S.S. Sicamous is today a museum on the shores of Okanagan Lake.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 05/30/2010

last visited: 09/27/2012

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersThe Incola Hotel - Penticton, BC

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This is another of several heritage markers which have been installed along the waterfront of Okanagan Lake in Penticton.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 01/14/2016

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersPackinghouse Row - Penticton, BC

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At the corner of Lakeshore Drive and Martin Street, this is part of the collection of heritage markers along the Okanagan Lake waterfront.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 01/14/2016

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersThe Government Wharf - Penticton, BC

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This is one of several heritage markers which have been installed along the waterfront of Okanagan Lake in Penticton.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 01/14/2016

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersEllis Street Cottage - Penticton, BC

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Barely 250 metres from Okanagan Lake, the Ellis Street Cottage has been around for awhile now.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 10/12/2021

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersEllis Memorial Chapel - Penticton, BC

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The first church built in Penticton, this little church was operated as St. Saviour's Anglican Church from 1905 until the completion of the new St. Saviour's Anglican in 1930.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 12/24/2015

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersSite of Saint Saviour’s Anglican Church - Penticton, BC

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Better known as Saint Savior's Anglican Church Cemetery, within is a marker placed by the City of Penticton which relates a history of the cemetery and the church which once stood in its northeast corner.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 01/06/2016

last visited: never

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