[BCMA] Kelowna Museums Fall Lecture Special featuring well-known local historians

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Media Release

For Immediate Release

September 28, 2011




Kelowna Museums Fall Lecture Special
Along the trail of the fur trade and through the Okanagan-Thompson Valleys and beyond
Saturday, October 8th, 2011

Two hundred years ago, in September 1811, four men working for the Pacific Fur Company travelled by horseback north through the Okanagan Valley, leaving Fort Okanogan.  Following an ancient Aboriginal trail along the Okanogan River, their trip north took 16 days.  Arriving at Tk'emlúps (present day Kamloops) the fur traders were met by a large congregation of First Nations in the area.  This historic visit represents the first recorded contact between Europeans and the Aboriginal people of the southern interior of British Columbia, principally the Syilx and Secwepemc nations.
This fall, 2011, to mark the bicentennial of this visit, the Okanagan Heritage Museum proudly presents  a special lecture titled Culture Contact in the Oakinacken, 1811-1860:  Along the Trail of the Fur Trade and through the Okanagan-Thompson Valleys and Beyond.  This lecture will be presented by well- known local historians Randy Manuel and Ken Favrholdt.
Randy Manuel is former Director/Curator of the Penticton Museum, and long-time explorer of the fur brigade trails in the Okanagan and across the Cascades.   Manuel is currently President of the Okanagan Historical Society.
Ken Favrholdt is former Curator of the Kamloops Museum and Archives, and also past manager of the Secwepemc Museum and Heritage Park on the Tk'emlúps Indian Reserve.   Favrholdt is currently Executive Director/Curator of the Osoyoos Museum.   He is a recognized authority on the fur brigade trail system in the Pacific Northwest.
This special lecture is part of a tour sponsored by the Okanagan (BC) Historical Society and the Okanogan County Historical Society.  It started in Osoyoos, and will end in Vernon at the end of October.  The tour will stop in Kelowna at the Okanagan Heritage Museum on October 8th, at 7:00 pm.
What:           Special Bicentennial Lecture -
Culture Contact in the Oakinacken, 1811-1860: Along the trail of the fur trade through the Okanagan-Thompson Valleys and beyond
Date:             Saturday, October 8th, 2011
Time:            7:00 pm
Place:           Okanagan Heritage Museum
                       470 Queensway Avenue (at Ellis Street), Kelowna, BC
Cost:             Admission is by donation.

For more information, please contact Michelle Harvey, Curator of Education at (250) 868-4836 or Education at KelownaMuseums.ca.



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Photo attachment:  KMA#6492 (Example of horse pack train, method used during the fur trade era.  This picture is of horse packing into the Bear Creek area, a similar route used during the fur trade in the Okanagan.  Circa 1940s).

Media Contact:

Jacqueline Salvino

Marketing & Special Events Coordinator

Kelowna Museums

250-763-2417 ext 22

Events at KelownaMuseums.ca<mailto:Events at KelownaMuseums.ca>

www.KelownaMuseums.ca
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