Allan Brooks Nature Centre
The Allan Brooks Nature Centre, perched on a grassy knoll overlooking Vernon, memorializes a conservationist…
20th century
Grand Chief N’Kwala
Hwistesmexe’qen, known more commonly as N’Kwala or Nicola, was a 19th-century Indigenous leader who exemplified…
Traditional Syilx Culture
Content warning: The following story contains difficult subject matter, including a residential school experience. Please…
Polio Vaccine
Vernon’s COVID-19 vaccination program is well-underway, with more than half of North Okanagan adults having…
Bride Ships
In September of 1862, the S.S. Tynemouth arrived in Victoria to the great excitement of…
Asian Heritage Month: Indo Canadian Culture
May is Asian Heritage Month, and this year’s theme is “Recognition, Resilience, and Resolve.” Vernon…
King’s Bakery
It was once the largest independent bakery in the B.C. Interior. During its operation in…
Non-Indigenous Hunting in the Okanagan
Vernon is described as “A Sportsman’s Paradise” in a promotional booklet from 1891. “Big game…
Orchards and Irrigation in the Okanagan
Picture the Okanagan without its expansive fruit orchards. No juicy peaches and sweet cherries in…
Early Cattle Industry in Okanagan
With Earth Day fast approaching, the Vernon Museum has taken the opportunity to research how…
Coutts Marjoribanks
Perhaps he was trying to take some of the attention away from his Marchioness sister,…
Cultural Mosaic: Ukrainian Canadian
Every four to six weeks, the Vernon Museum will feature an individual or family who…
The First Winter Carnival
The 61st Vernon Winter Carnival has official kicked off! Businesses around town are decorated with…
Winter Carnival Ice Park & Palaces
The 61st Vernon Winter Carnival – Western Canada’s largest winter carnival – is about to…
Vernon’s First Ambulance
Our modern-day paramedic services are incredible advanced, from the receiving of calls and the dispatching…
Vernon in 1921
Time passed strangely in 2020. It felt like both the slowest and fastest year, with…