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Kelowna - History
Kelowna, meaning "Grizzly Bear", began settlement in 1860. When Father Pandosy landed on the banks of Mission Creek A number of settlers quickly followed and took up similar land plots along the creek. This was perfect settling country as there was just enough timber to build houses and barns with open parkland for vegetation, farming and enough water to sustain it all.
In 1892 the town was laid out by Berrrard Lequime and the town quickly became the economic hub of the Central Okanagan.
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Penticton - History
Tom Ellis was the first Non-Native settler in the area who took the meaning of Penticton (a place to live forever) to heart and settled here permanently in 1865. He planned the new town out and in 1892 and Penticton was laid out around the Smith Street area, now called Front Street.
A Mr. C.S. Smith (Smith St) owned a sawmill and supplied much of the lumber used to construct the original buildings.
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Vernon - History
In the early years, parts of the Okanagan Valley were occupied by the Interior Salish people. Fur traders first arrived in 1811. The earliest development occurred alongside Swan Lake. Growth occurred quite rapidly in the few decades following the first trading posts.
Discoveries of gold in surrounding creeks generated a small rush of miners, which in turn drew cattle farmers. Native presence prompted Oblate missionaries.
In spring of 1833 Captain Daniel Wright settled in Vernon Township.
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