Kniha Fintry Stan Sauerwein

Fintry

Lives, Loves and Dreams - The Story of a Unique Okanagan Landmark

Jazyk: Angličtina
Vazba: Brožovaná
Vydavatel: Trafford Publishing
Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele
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Fintry - Lives, Loves and Dreams chronicles the memorable people, the secret loves and the engaging...

Informace o knize

Jazyk
Angličtina
Vazba
Kniha - Brožovaná
Vydáno
2000
Stránek
204
EAN
9781552124482
ISBN
9781552124482
Enbook ID
08739233
Hmotnost
308
Rozměry
152 x 229 x 12

Kompletní popis

Fintry - Lives, Loves and Dreams chronicles the memorable people, the secret loves and the engaging history of the Shorts' Creek delta. Containing visitor maps, photographs and interesting anecdoates, this readable account covers Fintry from pre-history to the present. It follows a trail of dreams through Fintry's incarnations as an enigmatic millionaire's private estate and school for orphans, to the grand plans for an international resort. Media reviews Millennium book project captures Fintry's history from the Capital News (Kelowna), Wednesday October 11, 2000 (A18-A19)by Judy Steeves, Staff Reporter A verdant delta of flat land created by the rushing waters of a little creek has acted as a magnet over the decades, attracting stubborn people with dreams that inevitably are smashed before they leave. Fintry, a 360-hectare plot of Westside lakeshore, waterfall, canyon and upland wilderness, was purchased in 1995 by the Central Okanagan Regional District and province as parkland for $7.68 million. Public ownership was the culmination of nearly two centuries of a parade of white men's private visions for this isolated point of land jutting into Okanagan Lake, following an unknown length of time when it was part of the domain of the Native people. It oozes history. So it's no wonder that Westbank author and freelance writer [Stan] Sauerwein and Fintry resident [Arthur] Bailey chose to collaborate on a chronicling of some of the characters who made their mark on the province, the valley and Fintry in particular over the past few decades. It was published with the partial financing support of the Canada Millennium Partnership Program and private donations. Aportion of the revenue from each copy sold goes to the Central Okanagan Heritage Society to assist in ongoing restoration projects. The property and the ghosts of the people who've populated it are fascinating enough, but Sauerwein has woven the stories of their lives, lov

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