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'''''Lily of the Valley''''' was a houseboat owned by pioneer [[John Moore Robinson]], who founded the community of [[Naramata, British Columbia]]. He and his family traveled across [[Okanagan Lake]] to the newly laid out town site in ''Lily of the Valley'' on April 22, 1907 and Naramata was officially founded.<ref>Nuttall |
'''''Lily of the Valley''''' was a houseboat owned by pioneer [[John Moore Robinson]], who founded the community of [[Naramata, British Columbia]]. He and his family traveled across [[Okanagan Lake]] to the newly laid out town site in ''Lily of the Valley'' on April 22, 1907 and Naramata was officially founded.<ref>{{cite book |last=Nuttall |first=Mrs. W. |url=http://digitalcollections.library.ubc.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/ohs/id/9402 |article=Naramata—Smile of Manitou |title=The twenty-second report of the Okanagan Historical Society |date=1958 |page=53|access-date=18August 2015}}</ref> She was moored at the wharf on the west shore of the lake and later hosted festivities such as regatta activities by the Ahtletic and Aquatic Association, holding 800 people at one point in 1909.<ref>{{cite book |last= |first= |url=http://digitalcollections.library.ubc.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/ohs/id/10741 |article=Naramata in Retrospect |title=The twenty-ninth report of the Okanagan Historical Society |date=1965 |page=179 |access-date=15August 2015}}</ref> |
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==See Also== |
==See Also== |
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*''[[Colleen (rowboat)]] |
*''[[Colleen (rowboat)]] |
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*[[Ruth Shorts]] |
*''[[Ruth Shorts]]'' |
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Lily of the Valley was a houseboat owned by pioneer John Moore Robinson, who founded the community of Naramata, British Columbia. He and his family traveled across Okanagan Lake to the newly laid out town site in Lily of the Valley on April 22, 1907 and Naramata was officially founded.[1] She was moored at the wharf on the west shore of the lake and later hosted festivities such as regatta activities by the Ahtletic and Aquatic Association, holding 800 people at one point in 1909.[2]