Father Pandosy Mission, also known as the Okanagan Mission, was the original home for Father Pandosy in

Kelowna Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan, Okanagan Valley in the British Columbia Interior, southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna ...

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. He moved to Kelowna in 1859 and started the first settlement of Europeans in that region. One of the first Europeans to join him at Kelowna was Eli Lequime. The Pandosy Mission has been restored as a museum. It is owned by the Catholic Church and is jointly administered by the Okanagan Historical Society. The area of the mission has been known as Okanagan Mission since, and is a neighbourhood of modern

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Okanagan Historical Society

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Tourist attractions in the Okanagan First Nations history in British Columbia Buildings and structures in Kelowna 1859 establishments in the British Empire {{Canada-museum-stub