Sources

• Aberdeen and Temair, Ishbel Gordon. Through Canada with a Kodak. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 1994.
• Anderson, Kyle, and Jo Ann Reynolds, compilers. The Century in Review, 1900–1999: An Okanagan Perspective. Kelowna, BC: Okanagan Valley Newspaper Group, 1999.
• Battye, Clement. Okanagan Valley (Edenholme) 1900–1966. Penticton, BC: Penticton Writers and Publishers (PWAP), 1966.
• Bealby, J.T. Fruit Ranching in British Columbia. London, UK: Adam and Charles Black, 1909.
• Boyko, John. Last Steps to Freedom: The Evolution of Canadian Racism. Revised ed. Winnipeg, MB: J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing, 1998.
• Buckland, F.M. Ogopogo’s Vigil: A History of Kelowna and the Okanagan. Kelowna, BC: Okanagan Historical Society, 1966, reprinted 1979.
• Dendy, David, and Kathleen M. Kyle. A Fruitful Century: The British Columbia Fruit Growers’ Association, 1889–1989. Kelowna, BC: British Columbia Fruit Growers’ Association, 1990.
• Freake, Ross, and Don Plant, eds. Firestorm: The Summer BC Burned. Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart, 2003.
• Freake, Ross. OUC Memoirs. Kelowna, BC: Okanagan University College, 2005.
• From Slates to Blackboards to Computers: A History of Public Schools in the Central Okanagan. Kelowna, BC: The Educational Heritage Committee of the Central Okanagan Retired Teachers Association, 1999.
• Gaal, Arlene. In Search of Ogopogo: Sacred Creature of the Okanagan Waters. Surrey, BC: Hancock House, 2001.
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• Jones, Jo Fraser, ed. Hobnobbing with a Countess and Other Okanagan Adventures: The Diaries of Alice Barrett Parke, 1891–1900. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2001.
• Kelowna Museum. Kelowna: One Hundred Years of History, 1905–2005. Kelowna, BC: Kelowna Museum, 2005.
• Kelowna Street Names: Their Origins—A Brief History. Second ed. Kelowna, BC: Okanagan Historical Society, 2010.
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• Schreiner, John. A Wine Journal: CedarCreek Estate Winery. Kelowna, BC: CedarCreek Estate Winery, 2003.
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Other Resources

The Okanagan Historical Society’s annual reports have been published almost every year since the 1930s. Together, these reports are an astounding collection of stories that are often the only record of the changing life and times in the Okanagan Valley. They are a remarkable, much treasured and invaluable source of information.

The Kelowna Daily Courier often includes stories about the town’s early days, in addition to reporting on current happenings. I’ve often referred to their articles for stories about Kelowna’s history.

Internet resources have revolutionized the way we learn about our history. I delved often, and with relief that so much information is available so readily. Most of it supported information I was researching from other sources. I’m grateful to those whose material is online for all to use.