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Thompson-Okanagan History
Past meets present on the Shuswap River: Enderby moves ahead with improvements for tubers, kayakers
ENDERBY – The times are changing on the shores of the Shuswap River. Where paddlewheel…
Volcanoes erupted across the Okanagan Valley 40 million years ago
Step back in time roughly 40 million years and you’ll see the Okanagan Valley filled…
When neon ruled Kamloops and Okanagan nights
It was another era, a time when Kamloops and Okanagan valley cities’ downtown streets lit…
POP QUIZ: What’s the oldest municipality in the Thompson-Okanagan?
Ask most people what the oldest municipality in the Thompson or Okanagan is and you’re…
1959 cross-province train trip starts and ends in Vernon
A recently posted video on YouTube by Reel Life / Canada Motorsport reveals a more…
iN PHOTOS: The lost speedways of the Thompson-Okanagan
Since 1950, about a dozen speedways came and went in the Thompson-Okanagan, not the least…
iN PHOTOS: Treasure trove of historical depictions of life from Kamloops to Osoyoos
A pioneer Okanagan photographer has gained attention recently with the discovery of his early chronicles…
How Europeans distorted the true names of Kamloops and the Okanagan
While First Nations people living in the Okanagan are commonly known as Okanagan, they actually…
Canneries had a short but vital heyday in Kamloops, Okanagan
When you think of agriculture in Kamloops, the mind turns to hay and cattle. That…
How the 1952 election transformed Kamloops, the Okanagan and all of BC
While they were each dubbed with quirky monikers, two men from Kelowna and Kamloops came…
How fortunes changed for the Thompson-Okanagan’s largest cities
The road to becoming the largest city in the Thompson-Okanagan was not a clear-cut route.…
Horses: An industrial revolution for Thompson-Okanagan First Nations
Mechanization transformed the European world and launched the Industrial Revolution in the mid 1700s. At…
iN PHOTOS: Abandoned buildings add character to landscapes in Kamloops, Okanagan
There's something quaint about abandoned old houses, cabins and churches that slowly crumble in backcountry…