Sir Herbert Holt, president of the Royal Bank of Canada, was the richest man in the country
Vernon resident Julie McCann sets unofficial Guinness mark as fastest woman to cover 100 metres on all fours
Geoff Goodship got a call out of the blue from an amateur historian who had acquired the outfit
The Mar family has a long history in the Central Okanagan
UBC’s Beaty museum grateful for Bill Merilees’s historical record of B.C. marine biodiversity
Walking tours and pop-up museum planned for summer months
Early settlers in community came from Virden, Manitoba
Likeness of British maritime explorer commissioned in 1976, forcibly removed on July 1
Museum exhibit on dark history sheds light
Downtown Summerland was once Penticton Indian Reserve #3
Gwen Spencer Hethey made military men ‘look like turkeys’ says her son
Researchers saying it’s earliest known evidence of Indigenous peoples using the substance
Mining operation near Summerland Rodeo Grounds began in 1906
Ryerson is credited as one of the architects of Canada’s residential school system
Cultivating Safe Spaces workshop and Legacy of Hope exhibit at museum
Father Pandosy’s Okanagan Mission produced wine in 1859
Renowned author wrote novels, poetry, stage plays and screen plays from Summerland home
Pioneer family arrived from Manitoba in 1904
Black’s Landing was constructed as a transportation point
From the 1980s until the early 2000s, Summerland had design guidelines in its downtown