AboutKelowna.com
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Kelowna, Classifieds, Newspapers, Weather, real estate, Kelowna - BC
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Excerpted from the website:
- Kelowna was first named by the Fur Traders - L’Anse au Sable. The story goes that an early settler, August Gillard, had built himself a crude underground shelter, a “keekwillie house” near the present day bridge at the south end of Ellis Street.
- As a group of Indians passed by, Gillard came crawling out in much the same manner as a bear. The Indians called out in their native tongue, “Kim-ach-touch”, meaning Brown Bear.
