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61: 45: 130: 150: 310: 68: 355: 379: 60: 348: 44: 341: 167: 142: 374: 174: 292: 226:, who first arrived in Vancouver in 1888. He bought land in what is now Benvoulin in 1891. MacKay acted as an agent for his friend 92: 234:, and had investments in other Okanagan properties and property-development schemes during the early 1890s. His company built the 199: 242: 317: 223: 235: 241:
When MacKay first laid out the town in 1891 hoping it would become the southern terminus of the
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Neighbourhood in Central Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada
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Neighbourhood
Creek wandering across Benvoulin Wetlands
Benvoulin is located in British Columbia
49°53′N 119°26′W / 49.883°N 119.433°W / 49.883; -119.433
Canada
Province
British Columbia
Regional district
Central Okanagan
City
Kelowna
Kelowna
British Columbia
Mission Creek
Vancouver
Okanagan
George Grant MacKay
Lord Aberdeen
Coldstream Ranch
Kalamalka Hotel
Shuswap and Okanagan Railway
BC Names entry "Benvoulin (community)"
British Columbia Place Names
ISBN
0-7748-0636-2
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Interior of British Columbia
Canada
stub
expanding it

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