FIRST — School in the Okanagan Valley — Kelowna, BC
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N 49° 50.984 W 119° 28.106
11U E 322553 N 5524846
The Pandosy Mission is the location of the first school in the Okanagan Valley.
Waymark Code: WM8WQ2
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 05/22/2010
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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION MISSION
Founded in 1859 by Father Charles Marie Pandosy, an Oblate missionary, to server the native Okanagan people, this was the first Roman Catholic Mission in the Interior of British Columbia.
Within the Okanagan Valley the mission was the first permanent non-native settlement, site of the first school and place where the first fruit and vine crops were grown.
Restored in 1859. Designated a Provincial Heritage Site in 1983. Operated by the Okanagan Historical Society.
First Permanent Non-Native Settlement in the Okanagan Valley
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