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Archduke Franz Ferdinand's 1893 Okanagan tour: UBCO speaker series
April 01, 2019 - 3:30 PM

PENTICTON - The Okanagan visit by the man whose death triggered the First World War is the subject of a UBC Okanagan event later this week.
One of Europe's most powerful and wealthy men was an Okanagan tourist in 1893
April 07, 2017 - 9:00 PM

PENTICTON - More than 120 years ago the man whose assassination is widely blamed for the start of the First World War paid a visit to the Okanagan.
Archduke's Penticton hunting trip comes to a stormy conclusion
April 02, 2017 - 6:30 PM

PART FOUR OF A FOUR PART SERIES
Archduke's cold forces early end to Penticton hunting trip
April 01, 2017 - 6:30 PM

PART THREE OF A FOUR PART SERIES
Penticton pioneer Tom Ellis fails to impress Austrian Archduke
March 31, 2017 - 6:30 PM

PART TWO OF A FOUR PART SERIES
Before his 1914 assassination ignited WWI, Archduke Ferdinand was one of the Okanagan's first tourists
March 30, 2017 - 6:30 PM

PART ONE OF A FOUR PART SERIES
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand's 1893 Okanagan tour: UBCO speaker series