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Summerhill Winery, Kelowna, BC Canada
Summerhill Pyramid Winery photo
There are many authentically restored historic sites in the Thompson Okanagan, mostly dating from between the gold-rush and Depression eras.

Visit R.J. Haney Heritage Park for its rustic log structures. You can also view an 1877 flour mill, a turn-of-the-century railway station, a gold-rush era roadhouse and Canada's largest remaining sternwheeler. There is also the architecturally eye-popping Pyramid Wine Cellar at Summerhill Winery, an eight-percent, concrete replica of the Great Pyramid in Egypt. Don't miss the Okanagan Lake Floating Bridge, a marvel of engineering.

Vancouver 2010 - British Columbia - Host Province


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> top left: The Coldwater Hotel (ca.1908) Merritt, JF Bergeron photo
> top right: Kelowna's Floating Bridge, Don Weixl photo