A date with British Columbia

• AAAA0926
• Item
• [1957-1958]

Part of Tourism and promotional films and videotapes

Travelogue. Follows a visiting family on a camping trip in B.C. The cities of Victoria, Nanaimo, Vancouver, Chilliwack, Penticton and Kelowna are shown briefly, but the main focus is on the government campsites visited.

Ada Bartholomew interview

• AAAB1205
• Item
• 1964-11-12 [date recorded]

Part of Imbert Orchard fonds

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Ada Bartholomew recalls early days in the Kelowna area. She describes how her family came to the Okanagan via Port Arthur and New Westminster; early families of Kelowna; her first im...

B.C. Games : summer - winter

• AAAA0496
• Item
• 1979

Part of Tourism and promotional films and videotapes

Sports event coverage. BC Summer Games, Penticton, 1978; BC Winter Games, Kamloops, 1978-1979.

Bankruptcy cause book

• GR-2937
• Series
• 1921-1973

Cause book for bankruptcy in the Interior Region of BC (Vernon, Penticton, Kelowna, Kamloops). Page 1 has a note signed by G. Hunter, C.J.B.C., dated 12 April 1921 appointing Leonard Norris as Registrar in Bankruptcy for Vernon. The volume funct...

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Vernon)

Boundary District Police letter book and daily diaries

• GR-1728
• Series
• 1901-1919

Letterbook, Dec. 27, 1905 - Dec. 13, 1907 (vol. 1); daily diaries, April 1, 1901-June 30, 1908 (vol. 2) and April 26, 1911-March 31, 1919. (vol. 3).

British Columbia. Provincial Police Force. Boundary District

Charlie Shaw interview

• AAAB1241
• Item
• 1965-11-04 [date recorded]

Part of Imbert Orchard fonds

CALL NUMBER: T1118:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-11-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Charlie Shaw talks about his experiences in the Okanagan and other recollections from 1886 to 1911. Mr. Shaw outlines several experiences: his father was the ...

Correspondence and other material

• GR-2573
• Series
• ca. 1913-1931

Boundary District Provincial Police files, consisting of correspondence, reports, jail calendars, vouchers, etc., from Coalmont, Fairview, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Hedley, Keremeos, Midway, Oliver, Penticton, Phoenix and Princeton, and corresponden...

British Columbia. Provincial Police Force. Boundary District

Dave Barrett : [1975 election campaign, continued - December 1-9, 1975]

• AAAB1699
• Item
• 1975-12 [date recorded]

Part of Premier's office audio series

CALL NUMBER: T1704:0089 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Campaign speech RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1975-12-01 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett campaign speech, Nanaimo, 1 December 1975.; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0090 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): D...

Dave Barrett : [1975 fall tour, etc.]

• AAAB1695
• Item
• 1975-09 & 10 [date recorded]

Part of Premier's office audio series

CALL NUMBER: T1704:0037 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett: Premier's fall tour RECORDED: Penticton (B.C.), 1975-09-15 SUMMARY: Premier David Barrett's fall tour in Penticton, 15 September 1975.; CALL NUMBER: T1704:0038 SUPPLIED TI...

Desert garden

• AAAA0947
• Item
• 1974

Part of Ministry of Agriculture films

Documentary. "Before the installation of irrigation systems in the Okanagan Valley, the hillsides were a virtual desert. With the arrival of a steady water supply, however, the valley has been turned into a lush garden of orchards. The frui...

Files under the Woodmen's Lien for Wages Act

• GR-2359
• Series
• 1944-1950

Files under the Woodmen's Lien for Wages Act, 1944-1950.

British Columbia. County Court (Penticton)

From the mountains to the sea : Okanagan people

• AAAB2707
• Item
• 1967

Part of Imbert Orchard fonds

SUMMARY: In "Okanagan People", number 4 in the series, we hear about the Indians, cattlemen and fruit growers of the Okanagan Valley; the lively society of the British people; the hard work of converting the dry hills into orchards. Voi...

G. Stephen Denroche fonds

• PR-2360
• Fonds
• 1959-1990

The fonds consists of benchbooks created by Judge George Stephen Denroche who sat as Magistrate in Armstrong, Enderby and occasionally in Salmon Arm and Penticton from 1959 until 1990. The volumes are notes of cases heard by Dencroche and are in ...

Denroche, Stephen

H.V. "Paddy" Acland interview

• AAAB1208
• Item
• 1964-11-12 [date recorded]

Part of Imbert Orchard fonds

CALL NUMBER: T1085:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Paddy Acland remembers a few anecdotes about hunting and hiking in the BC interior. He explains how he came out to British Columbia from England after serving...

Herbert Clark interview

• AAAB1233
• Item
• 1965-05 [date recorded]

Part of Imbert Orchard fonds

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Herbert G. Clark talks about Penticton and the Keremeos/Ashnola Creek area after 1914. He discusses his family background; school days at Allen Grove near Penticton; people in the Pentic...

Insurance plan of Penticton, BC, May 1952 rev. 1955, 1958

• 24875A
• File
• 1952-1958

Part of BC Archives fire insurance plan collection

Joseph Harris interview

• AAAB0697
• Item
• 1976 [date recorded]

Part of Provincial Archives of British Columbia audio interviews, 1974-1992

CALL NUMBER: T0612:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Fruit farming in the Penticton area, 1906-1950 PERIOD COVERED: 1906-1950 RECORDED: Penticton (B.C.), 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Harris describes his background: born Oak River, Manitoba, 1910; fam...

Kathleen Ellis interview

• AAAB1227
• Item
• 1965-05-26 [date recorded]

Part of Imbert Orchard fonds

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Kathleen Ellis recalls her father; pioneer Okanagan rancher Tom Ellis. She discusses how her father came to the valley in 1865; pre-empted land at the present site of Penticton; ret...

Len Hayman interview

• AAAB0527
• Item
• [1965?] [date recorded]

Part of Imbert Orchard fonds

CALL NUMBER: T0458:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1965?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Leonard Hayman recalls life in the Okanagan, 1901 to 1945. He discusses how he came out to the Okanagan Valley in 1901; worked on a ranch near Vernon; worked on ...

Letters of administration handled by the Official Administrator

• GR-2938
• Series
• 1934-1975

Penticton Supreme and County Court letters of administration handled by the Official Administrator.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Penticton)

Mirrors to the sun : [long version]

• AAAA2236
• Item
• [1973-1974]

Part of Tourism and promotional films and videotapes

Travelogue. Uses unusual optical techniques (mainly mirror-image and "kaleidoscopic" effects) to present the scenic splendours of B.C. Includes footage of abandoned Nickel Plate mine, Fraser Canyon, whitewater rafting, Nicola Valley, ca...

Mirrors to the sun : [short version]

• AAAA2234
• Item
• [1973-1974]

Part of Tourism and promotional films and videotapes

Travelogue. Uses unusual optical techniques (mainly mirror-image and "kaleidoscopic" effects) to present the scenic splendours of B.C. Includes footage of abandoned Nickel Plate mine, Fraser Canyon, whitewater rafting, Nicola Valley, ca...

Mirrors to the sun : [short version]

• AAAA4299
• Item
• [1973-1974]

Part of Norm Keziere fonds

Travelogue. Uses unusual optical techniques (mainly mirror-image and "kaleidoscopic" effects) to present the scenic splendours of B.C. Includes footage of abandoned Nickel Plate mine, Fraser Canyon, whitewater rafting, Nicola Valley, ca...

Myra DeBeck and Ellen Sovereign interview

• AAAB1212
• Item
• 1964-11-11 [date recorded]

Part of Imbert Orchard fonds

CALL NUMBER: T1089:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Myra DeBeck and Mrs. Ellen Sovereign are the daughters of Price Ellison (1853-1932). Mrs. DeBeck begins the interview by discussing her father's backgro...

Okanagan : Osoyoos [and] Keremeos, to Armstrong and Lumby

• MS-3268.DD
• Sub-series
• 1964-1966

Part of Imbert Orchard fonds

The sub-series consists of oral history interviews recorded in the Okanagan and Similkameen regions, mainly dealing with the history of those regions in the years 1880-1914.

Orchard in bloom at Penticton

• I-54096
• Item
• [192-]

Part of John William Clark fonds

Orders and judgements

• GR-2332
• Series
• 1914-1938

Orders and judgements.

British Columbia. County Court (Penticton)