Early Missionaries
By Bella Harwood
Origins and Dates:
First settlement was built 1840. In 1896, Okanagan Mission was sold to Father Eumelin. Father Eumelin ran the Mission until 1902. Father Pandosy's Mission closed in 1902 and the land was purchased by the Kelowna Land and Orchard Company. 1947 saw the property sold again and it was slated but a group of volunteers rescued the three original buildings on the site. Father Pandosy's original sawn wood church was sold to a local congregation and they moved the church to their site in Rutland where it was later destroyed by fire. The Oblates of Mary Immaculate bought the two acres that held the original buildings in 1954. In 1983, the site was designated as a B.C. Heritage Site. Father Pandosy's Mission is now four acres and other historic buildings have been put on site
Importance:
Role of the Okanagan Fur Brigade Trail in the development of this category:
Early European Profile: Father Chares Pandosy
Early History:
Reasons for Settlement:
Early Accomplishments:
Accomplishments in Okanagan Valley:
Legacy Today:
Driving Question:
What was the Impact of the Early Europens on the growth and Development of the Okanagan Valley?
Pandosy Himself
Pandosy Housing
Pandosy Street
Interesting Facts:
The Catholic Church wanted a presence in the New Land because the Protestant Church was already well established there in the mid 1850s, particularly around the Oregeon Trail.
The Catholic Church asked France if they had any priests to send over. Pandosy and a small group of oblates from the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), left Marseilles in 1847 when Pandosy was only twenty-four