KELOWNA – ORCHARD CITY
(View point across lake from Kelowna)
Early fur traders called the ancient Indian camp L’Anse au Sable, or Sandy Cove. Near this, in 1859, Father Pandosy established the first permanent Catholic mission on the mainland of British Columbia.
Here he built the first school and planted the first fruit trees in the southern interior.
The Kelowna Townsite was laid out by Bernard Leguime in 1892.
Posted by Bill McLaughlin on 25/6/09
To the best of my recollection, this Stop of Interest has not been here since at least 2000, when i moved to Kelowna. Since the completion of the new bridge across Okanagan Lake and the reconstruction of Highway 97’s intersection with Campbell Road, there is now a new Stop of Interest for “Tske-tem-stu-weekh-tin”, as noted elsewhere on this site.