This photo journal, the last in the Kelowna area series, features the town of Princeton & also a few pix taken in Chilliwack.
PRINCETON is located three hours east of Vancouver On Crowsnest Hwy 3. Situated east of the Cascade Mountains at the forks of the Similkameen & Tulameen Rivers, the town is the entry point into BC’s Southern Interior & the gateway to Similkameen & Okanagan Wine & fruit country. Princeton, population about 2600, was incorporated as a village in 1951 & a town in 1978. The town,
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Southern BC map
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PRINCETON: Bridge of Dreams
& Two Rivers Park, the main reason why we stopped here. Two Rivers...
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The award winning pedestrian bridge,
which spans the Tulameen River, is the site of the last bridge that was...
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View from the bridge deck
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Heritage plaque
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Heritage themed business district
In the 1990s, the city adopted a "heritage" theme, with many...
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Outback Jack's Horse Rescue
Their mission is to bring horses in need to the ranch, rehabilitate them, and...
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Bugnot Toys
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New residential subdivision
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The newly renovated & expanded museum
houses the Joe Pollard fossil collection. an early 1900s stagecoach, a...
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Volunteer fire brigade mural
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St Paul's United Church
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Popular Brown Bridge Pub
I don't know how we missed the historic brown bridge?? There's...
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Mural depicting Princeton scenes
on the liquor store. http://www.nethop.net/~sandness/Mural5.htm There...
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Neat coupe!!
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Another one!
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Gazebo in the town square
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Pretty mural
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Murals on the Legion
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Tourism mural on the Legion bdg
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Mural of Susan Louisa Allison,
Pioneer Gentlewoman
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Klootchman Race memorial
Horse racing has had a long history in the Princeton area dating back to The...
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Phifer's Fountain at the gateway to the
TransCanada Trail. It was carved 30 years ago from old growth cedar from the...
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Handicapped dog & his rig.
He was sure able to tear around in that thing. I don't remember...
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View of the Hope Slide in the distance.
Hope is located 83 miles west of Princeton. The Hope Slide which occurred on...
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CHILLIWACK - Old City Hall (1912)
now museum.
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Piper Richardson monument
in front of Old City Hall. James Cleland Richardson (1895 -1916) was born in...
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Closer
The award was made for rallying his company, October 8, 1916, at...
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Memorial plaque
This statue was the main reason we stopped in Chilliwack.
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