Historical Vernon Research Guide
Below you’ll find a series of links and resources compiled by our archival team to help you along your research journey.
Newspapers
- MAV Photo Collection
- British Columbia Regional Digitized History
- Vernon News 1891-1950
- Vernon Morning Star 2012-Present
- B.C. Historical Newspapers
Local Heritage & History Topics
- City of Vernon Heritage Register
- Downtown Vernon Mural Tour
- Vernon Timeline, 1811-2019
- Vernon Mayors and Councillors Timeline, 1893-2018
- MAV Blog: can refine search by category and/or tags
- Okanagan Historical Society Reports
Research Packets for kids
- W. F. Cameron
- Mrs. W. F. Cameron
- Larry Kwong
- Vernon’s Chinatown
- Forbes George Vernon
- Luc Girouard
- Moses Lumby
- Sophie Ellison
SYILX History
- Okanagan Nation Alliance Timeline
- Syilx Residential School Experience
- Excerpt from book We Get Our Living Like Milk From the Land
- Syilx History Blog Posts
- Letter to Wilfred Laurier from the Chiefs of the Shuswap, Okanagan, Couteau Tribes of British Columbia, 1910
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Resources
- First Nations Genealogy
Cemeteries & Genealogy
- P.V. Cemetery Map
- P.V. Cemetery Books 1900-1966
- Pioneer Park Cemetery
- North Okanagan Cemeteries
- Vernon & District Family History Society
- Registration of Live Birth for Genealogical Research
- B.C. Birth, Marriage and Death Registrations
Electoral & Demographic History
- Naturalization Records at the Vernon Court House, 1892-1973
- Immigration Blog Posts
- Vernon Directories, 1889 to 1924
- Vernon Census Profile, 2016
- Vernon Census Profile, 2021
- 1871-1986 Electoral History of B.C.
- Canadian Censuses
Military History
- Vernon Military Camp History
- Vernon Serves Virtual Exhibit
- World War One Enlistment Records at Camp Vernon
- Military History Blog Posts
- Vernon Boys on Active Service, WW2: from The Vernon News
- Sen’Klip News: Lest We Forget
- Vernon Cenotaph
- Vernon Cadet Camp Museum
Natural & Environmental History
- ECO: Ecological Change in the Okanagan Virtual Program (requires purchase)
- Orchards and Irrigation in the Okanagan
- The Ways of Water: Stories of the Grey Canal documentaries
- Natural History Blog Posts
- Agricultural History Blog Posts
- Allan Brooks Nature Centre
Click here for a list of other useful research resources which you can find in our archives.
If you have any questions, or would like to book an appointment to visit the archives, please contact gwyn.evans@vernonmuseum.ca. Our team is happy to help!