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|  The Chapel - Pandosy Mission - Kelowna, BC
in Signs of History 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: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 09/03/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Pandosy Mission Sesquicentennial - Kelowna, BC
in Commercial Commemorations 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... posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 09/04/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Blacksmith Shop - Pandosy Mission - Kelowna, BC
in Signs of History 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. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 09/04/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Brothers' House - Pandosy Mission - Kelowna, BC
in Signs of History 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. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 09/04/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Mission Barn - Pandosy Mission - Kelowna, BC
in Signs of History 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. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 09/03/2014 last visited: never |
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|  The Dewdney Trail — Cascade Recreation Area, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 06/04/2013 last visited: never |
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|  Benvoulin Church - Kelowna, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers Benvoulin Church is in Benvoulin Heritage Park along Benvoulin Road, at number 2279. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 05/05/2013 last visited: 01/02/2014 |
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|  Engineers Road, Manning Park, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers Along Highway 3 in Manning Provincial Park. posted by: gypsie2 location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 07/27/2011 last visited: 08/21/2022 |
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|  B.X. - Cache Creek, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers This heritage marker about the B.X. stage coaches is located on Highway 97 about 6 miles north of Cache Creek, British Columbia. posted by: Marine Biologist location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 08/12/2013 last visited: 09/06/2016 |
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|  1912 Ellison School - Kelowna, British Columbia
in Signs of History 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. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 09/03/2014 last visited: never |
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|  1912 Ellison School - Kelowna, British Columbia
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 04/01/2023 last visited: never |
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|  Ellison School and the Community - Kelowna, BC
in Signs of History 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. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 09/03/2014 last visited: never |
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|  Ellison School and the Community - Kelowna, British Columbia
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 04/01/2023 last visited: never |
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|  Rock Oven - Penticton, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 12/26/2015 last visited: never |
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|  Canadian National Tug no. 6 - Penticton, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 12/20/2015 last visited: never |
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|  S.S. Naramata - Penticton, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 12/20/2015 last visited: never |
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|  S.S. Okanagan Stern Saloon — Penticton, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 06/13/2010 last visited: never |
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|  Penticton Dredge Shed - Penticton, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 12/21/2015 last visited: never |
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|  S.S. Sicamous — Penticton, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 05/30/2010 last visited: 09/27/2012 |
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|  The Incola Hotel - Penticton, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers This is another of several heritage markers which have been installed along the waterfront of Okanagan Lake in Penticton. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 01/14/2016 last visited: never |
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|  Packinghouse Row - Penticton, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers At the corner of Lakeshore Drive and Martin Street, this is part of the collection of heritage markers along the Okanagan Lake waterfront. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 01/14/2016 last visited: never |
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|  The Government Wharf - Penticton, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers This is one of several heritage markers which have been installed along the waterfront of Okanagan Lake in Penticton. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 01/14/2016 last visited: never |
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|  Ellis Street Cottage - Penticton, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers Barely 250 metres from Okanagan Lake, the Ellis Street Cottage has been around for awhile now. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 10/12/2021 last visited: never |
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|  Ellis Memorial Chapel - Penticton, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 12/24/2015 last visited: never |
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|  Site of Saint Saviour’s Anglican Church - Penticton, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 01/06/2016 last visited: never |
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