This photo journal features part 1 of my 2-part Kelowna BC set. Kelowna, which means ‘grizzly bear’, was named by the Okanagan First Nation. The city, located on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the SW interior of BC, is largest city in the tourist-oriented Okanagan Valley. In fact, Kelowna’s International Airport is the 10th busiest airport in Canada.
Kelowna, which was first settled in 1879 after Father Charles M. Pandosy, a French Roman Catholic Oblate missionary arrived in 1859, was incorporated in 1905.
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fs - peach & pear.
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fs - apple
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fs - Mosaic vignettes
create an intermittent “stream” of color along the walls. All the...
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fs - Mosaics of vintage fruit box labels
from the 1930's and 40's.
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"Concept to Creation" (cc)
is the art installation in front of the Rotary Centre for the Arts. It was...
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cc - The 3 wooden obelisks
are connected by a sweeping stainless steel arc and topped by bronze...
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cc - Cast bronze acrobat figure
on the tallest obelisk, created by Diane Gorvin, symbolizes creativity in...
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cc - Large cast bronze 'Thinking Head'
is decorated with cutout figures which represent creative thoughts becoming...
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cc - Carved western cedar obelisks
Philip Bews shaped three Western Red Cedar logs into tapered obelisks &...
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cc - Each Obelisk represents
an art form: literature, visual arts and performing arts.
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More info about the project & artists here:...
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Rotary Centre from the other side.
The Center is a multidisciplinary visual and performing arts centre with a...
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Library building
The Kelowna branch of the Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) system which was...
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"Natural Language" (nl)
by Jennifer Macklem & Kip Jones (2000) is located in the library plaza on...
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nl - This functional spiral bench
is enhanced with representations of biological diversity.
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Kelowna Art Gallery is around the corner
on Water St. The gallery was founded in 1976 & incorporated as a...
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“Elemental” by BC resident Crystal
Pryzbille, was dedicated in November 2, 2002, in conjunction with the...
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BC Growers Packing House (1918)
at 1304 Ellis St. Built in 1918 for B.C. Growers Ltd, this is one of...
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Okanagan Building & Trading Co. Factory
at 1247 Ellis St. is an important landmark in downtown Kelowna. It was...
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Primal Instinct (pi) tatoo & piercing
parlor at 1546 Pandosy St. with eye-cathing artworks on the roof.
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pi - friendly gargoyles
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“Running Man” by Marion Lea Jamieson
(2002) located at the Queensway Transit Station in downtown Kelowna. Also...
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