Every year, the Okanagan Historical Society publishes its Annual Report, a collection of stories and histories of Okanagan personalities, institutions and events.

The first Report was published in 1926. The Okanagan History 71st Report, 2007 , is now available.

There are articles and pictures from Salmon Arm to Osoyoos, including "Nine Mile Point – Celebrating Naramata 1907-2007," "Jack and the Log Cabin," "Enderby's King Edward Hotel," "History of the Cedar Creek Fire Society," "Oliver's Historic Mesa Hotel," "Shinny – Almost Our National Sport," "The De Maras in Kelowna," the Student Essay Contest Winner – "Hidden Pasts and Unspoken Histories," and many more.

There are tributes to important personalities who have contributed to the fibre of Okanagan communities, such as James T.F. Horn of Kelowna, Doreen E. Tait and Donald V. Fisher of Summerland, Frank Dangel of Grindrod, and Floyd B. Peterson of Salmon Arm.
Copies of the Okanagan History Annual Report can be obtained for $25.00 CAN plus $5.00 shipping and handling costs from any Branch of the Okanagan Historical Society, or from The Treasurer, OHS, Box 313, Vernon, BC V1T 6M3 .

They are also available in museums and bookstores throughout the Okanagan Valley. With the purchase of this wonderful volume, and return of the membership registration card, your name will be placed on the list of members that will be found in next year's publication.
Back issues of some past volumes can be purchased for $5.00 plus a $5.00 shipping and handling charge from the above address.

A Rich and Fruitful Land
For many years, there was a concern that the annual publication of the Okanagan Historical Society did not provide an overview of Okanagan history. The society decided to remedy this situation by enlisting former editor of the annual report, Jean Webber, and commissioning her with the task of using the past volumes of the society to create a single history.

The result was a folio-sized hard cover book, A Rich and Fruitful Land, published in 1999. It was dedicated to Dr. Margaret Ormsby, past editor of the society and former professor of history at the University of British Columbia. At over two hundred pages and numerous pictures, it has been very well received.
Special Editor for A Rich and Fruitful Land

Jean Webber
There remains in stock only a handful of these books.
They can be obtained by writing the Treasurer at Box 313, Vernon, B.C., V1T 6M3.
The cost is $36.95 plus shipping and handling.
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