This photo journal features two towns south of Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley - Summerland & Keremeos. The main attraction for us in Summerland was the historic Kettle Valley Steam Railway tour over Myra Canyon trestles. In Keremeos, which we found fascinating, we wanted to see the historic Red Bridge & the historic Grist Mill.
SUMMERLAND Summerland (2011 population 11,280) has an idyllic location on Okanagan Lake. Tourism was a major industry at one time but sadly, that is quickly changing due to pressure from residential
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Okanagan map
Summerland is 30 miles south of Kelowna & 11 miles north of...
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SUMMERLAND
Wonderful carving on the museum grounds. No info found about the carver or...
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St Stephen's Anglican Church
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Mural window at the back of the church
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Holy Child Catholic church (I think)
No info available.
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Kettle Valley Steam Railway (kv)
The restored 1912 Steam Locomotive "3716".
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kv - Originally built in 1912
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kv - Rounding a curve
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kv
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kv - Open air car
The 90 minute journey can be taken in a vintage passenger coach or an...
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kv - Friendly local volunteers
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kv - Vistas
One can see vistas of the lake & lush orchards & vineyards along this...
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kv
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kv - Okanagan Lake in the distance
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kv -Trout Creek trestle 238 ft above the
Myra Canyon floor.
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kv - Passing over the trestle
with another visible in the background.
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KEREMEOS - main street
The village, in the shadow of K Mountain, has a "wild west" feel.
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Pasta Trading Post Restaurant
One of the heritage buildings that has been turned into a restaurant....
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Former bank building?
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Two old fellows on a Sunday morning
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Branding Iron Bar & Grill
where we had supper -good food. We had stayed overnight in Keremeos at...
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Anglican church, I think
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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic church
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Business center
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Huge mural
which I photographed in parts.
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We spotted a garage sale on our way
out of town. These two characters bought this lamp for their hunting cabin...
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K Mountain is the backdrop.
Keremeos is surrounded by three mountain ranges. "When cars and...
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Vintage British cars (see below)
While we were having a hearty breakfast the next morning, we noticed a...
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Historic Red Bridge
crosses the Similkameen River & is the largest coverered bridge...
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Grist Mill Heritage Site (gm) - general
store. Barrington Price, an early entrepreneur, built the four mill in...
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gm - thegrist mill
The Mill can be seen in its original working state at the heritage site near...
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gm - antique orchard equipement?
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gm
More info here: http://www.bcheritage.ca/drawings/sites/site12/12inset.html
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gm Picnic site beside the babbling brook
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gm - Root cellar
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"Fruit stand capital of Canada."
Fruit stands are a major component of the Keremeos economy, making it the...
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Agri-tourism
The highways leading to and from town are lined with fruit & vegetable...
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Organic farms
Keremeos boasts the highest concentration of certified organic farms...
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Preserves including pickles
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Local honey, liquid & creamed
and flavored.
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Homemade apple juice
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Okanagan fruit jams & syrups are famous
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Homemade fruit pies - yummmmmm
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Standing Rock Trading Post & Gallery
8 kms west of town sells & displays native art from Similkameen, Okanagan...
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There's a huge sacred rock nearby
with Indian charaqcters on it. Don't know how we missed that.
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The log trading post
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