3155 Lakeshore Rd |
British Columbia Tourism Region : Thompson Okanagan
Description From Owner:
- Gellatly - After David Erskine Gellatly, who arrived in the Okanagan in 1893, settling near Peachland.
- At one time 'Tomato King of the Okanagan,' he pioneered in the growing of market produce. On his trips to Calgary, where he had a wholesale fruit business, (he dressed up very well with a waxed moustache, as if he were a laird.'
- With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.
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