good afternoon thanks for joining today we're in
downtown peachland in the okanagan british columbia
we're taking a stroll along the ray candola heritage pier
this 120 meter long structure runs parallel to the shoreline of heritage park in downtown peachland
and allows breathtaking views of the lake and access for fishing
the museum is housed in a unique eight-sided building that was previously the peachland baptist
church constructed in 1910 mostly by volunteers it served as a place of worship until 1964
and then functioned as a temporary municipal hall a parks and recreation office a fire brigade and
even a public library the building has housed the peachland museum since 1980 and in 1981
the church building was declared an official british columbia heritage site the upper floor
of the museum houses a scale model of the kettle valley railway as it existed between 1955 and 1965
every day folks come take a ride on the kennel valley railway division
of the central okanagan railway company all aboard
as you can see the trains run along the perimeter of the room passing by
replicas of the towns and through other scenes like this okanagan lumber mill
a 187 scale model of the trunk creek trestle in summerland our own john green used the original
kettle valley railway plans to build that structure it's 619 feet long and 241 feet high
central okanagan with company's interpretation of the kvr as it was in 1965. can you hear the
waterfall of the old dam press the button and listen some of the models are interactive as
well if i push this button you can see the smoke stack on top of this ship comes alive with real
can you hear smoke cow that wandered into the canyon all alone press the button and find her
can you see the boy flying the airplane can you join us on wednesday evenings and run trains with
surrounding the model are snow-capped mountain ranges and bridges even the myra canyon trestles
and here's a model of peachland itself from the golden era of the kettle valley railway
on the left side you can see the museum where we are right now
and they've gone to the effort of replicating buildings that existed at the time
including this garage the totem inn and the general store
it's really quite a hidden gem which was built and is
maintained by the central okanagan railway company
other artifacts at the museum include a history of peachland sports and corresponding memorabilia
up here's an antique wheelchair
and this is what i'm assuming to be a rather terrifying cpr dummy
this guy looks like he's enjoying some sunshine on the beaches of okanagan lake
a collection of old singer sewing machines
and here's some birds local to the area including a ruffled grouse some robins and quail
here's the old organ left over from the days when this building used to be the baptist church
other assorted antiques including vintage telephones irons kitchenware and gas lamps
and this is a collection of spearheads and arrowheads found in the area
we actually used to come up to the okanagan every year when i was a kid and one of our
favorite pastimes was to walk along the beaches looking for arrowheads didn't find too many though
and here's a quilt which highlights many of the things that peachland and the okanagan are
known for including gold panning fruit fruit trees and of course the lake monster ogopogo
thanks for joining us for this tour of the peachland museum if you enjoyed this video please