Mary Cousins’s Okanagan Landing: A Glimpse of the Past chronicles the maritime and transportation history of the vital freshwater port established at the northern head of Okanagan Lake. Cousins details how the 1892 completion of the Shuswap and Okanagan Railway spur from Sicamous transformed a quiet shoreline into the primary transshipment terminal connecting transcontinental rail freight to interior lake waterways. The text documents the establishment of the Canadian Pacific Railway shipyards, where iconic sternwheelers—including the S.S. Aberdeen, S.S. Okanagan, and S.S. Sicamous—were fabricated and launched to service fruit ranches and mining camps across the lake basin. Cousins preserves detailed records of the shipyard labor force, lakeside family settlements stretching toward Beachcomber Bay, and the eventual obsolescence of the fleet following the construction of modern valley highway corridors.

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Published by the Okanagan Landing Bicentennial Committee. Includes vessel roster and index.

Published by the Okanagan Landing Bicentennial Committee. Includes vessel roster and index.