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Art, history, invention, cuisine - they can all be explored in depth in the Thompson Okanagan region's First Nations and cultural institutions. Secwepemc Museum & Heritage Park and Historic Hat Creek Ranch , which also showcases gold rush-era road house life. Vernon , have been authentically restored. Present-day cultural offerings from live theatre to artisan cheeses are spread liberally throughout the Okanagan Cultural Corridor, a geographic area that stretches east to west from Cherryville to Princeton and north to south from Enderby to Osoyoos .
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The Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre (pronounced "Inkameep") celebrates thousands of years of Aboriginal habitation of the Nk'Mip Desert, one of Canada's three most endangered ecosystems. Learn about the living culture of the Okanagan people through tours, programs and interactive displays.
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Historic Hat Creek Ranch
At Historic Hat Creek Ranch in
Cache Creek , you can immerse yourself in gold rush-era roadhouse life or the traditional village life of the Shuswap people.
Here, you can take a stagecoach ride along the Cariboo Waggon Road or spend the night in a Shuswap "kekuli" -an underground pit house- to get a feel for a way of life inextricably linked to nature.
Secwepemc Museum & Heritage Park
You can really experience history at the Secwepemc Museum & Heritage Park near
Kamloops . It features an extensive Native Heritage Park. Along the trails through the park you'll encounter a reconstructed summer village, the archaeological remains of a 2,000-year-old Shuswap winter village and the Secwepemc Ethnobotanical Gardens.
O'Keefe Ranch
Established in 1867, O'Keefe Ranch gradually grew to encompass 8,094 ha (20,000 ac). It was one of the largest cattle ranches in BC in its heyday and its remaining buildings are among the oldest in the
Vernon area.
Today, the ranch offers something for every member of the family, from museum and historic building tours to a huge model railway and rare-breed farm animal collection.
Okanagan Cultural Corridor
The Okanagan Cultural Corridor is a catch-all term for businesses and organizations that offer cultural pursuits in the heart of the Thompson Okanagan region.
In the North Okanagan corridor, you can sample artisan cheeses, enjoy an outdoor performance or buy hand-crafted Okanagan opal jewellery in a rural setting.
You'll find the greatest concentration of cultural operations in the Central Okanagan corridor, where you can browse chic galleries, visit artists' studios, stroll through museums, take in live performances and sample fine local foods and wines.
Cultural offerings in the South Okanagan corridor include museums and heritage sites, farmers' markets, hand-crafted ceramics, gardens and vineyards.
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Okanagan Cultural Corridor website
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