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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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28561 |