Irrigating the Okanagan, 1860-1920

Irrigation is a powerful means of changing the landscape, and in the Okanagan Valley between 1860 and 1920 it played a major role in shifting of the regional economy from cattle ranching and grain growing to orcharding. But irrigation is not a straightforward process of building dams, flumes and can...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, Kenneth Wayne
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28561