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42 - Sunday, May 17, 1987 - North Shore News

KANAGAN - SIMILKAMEEN

Okanagan area . offers
something for everyone

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WELCOME TO SUNNY SUMMERLAND
THE BEST KEPT SECRET
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THE OLD-TIMERS will say the
morning sun rises earlier in the
lakeland region of the North
Okanagan/Shuswap in order to
spend a “sw more minutes admir-
ing the breathtaking view.

For more than 100 years, the
sparkling beauty of this sun-
splashed water. wonderland has
tugged at the heartstrings of
countless homesteading pioneers
and road-weary travellers who
happened to pass these parts.

Nestled in the lap of three scenic
valleys converging on Kalamalka,
Swan and Okanagan Lake, ‘The
Land of Everything’ city of Ver-
non is the southern starting point
for a scenic water recreation tour
that takes travellers from rugged
semi-arid ranchlands through lush
agricultural meadows, tall timber

stands, tumbling streams in moun-
tain canyons, sandy beaches and
vacation resorts.

Just outside of the town, camera
buffs are drawn to a lookout point
over majestic Kalamalka Lake
where, in 1963 on the way to stake
a silver claim 40 miles to the east,
Forbes and Charles Vernon caught
sight of 1,000 fertile acres that
became known as the Coldstream
Ranch.

For years, pony express riders
who travelled the Fur Brigade Trai!
from as far south as Washingt:
State counted on this destination
for fresh stagecoach ‘horses,
homegrown vegetables and beef
topped off with a bountiful harvest
from the largest orchard in
Canada.

At the north end of Vernon is

A full facility family campground
right across from beautiful Skaha
Lake, Penticton.

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Reservations Welcome

Silver Star Road and visitors
should watch for the signs that
point the way to Cedar Hot Spr-
ings. In the hot mineral waters
bubbling up from the earth, weary
travellers can soak their tired
bodies.

In July and August, driving a
car up Silver Star Mountain will
take travellers to a chairlift where
they can be whisked to an eleva-
tion of 6,280 feet and a vantage
point that is virtually on top of the
world.

Offering hiking trails to an
abandoned turn-of-the-century
silver miner's cabin and a forestry
fire lookout station, the summit is
a delight for outdoors, nature and
history lovers.

The town of Armstrong is
renowned for bumper crops of
asparagus, which have prompted a
yearly May festival, a thriving
farmers’ market every Saturday
and the Interior Provincial Exhib-
ition each September at the
agricultural fair.

During the summer, visitors may
see the world’s largest horse-drawn
theatre company travelling to a
performance anywhere in the
Pacific Northwest.

On Railway Avenue, in the heart
of this small farming community,
a few of the old buildings have
been restored with a western motif,

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