The SANDNESS Pages - Princeton, British Columbia, Canada V0X 1W0

More questions:

1. Where is Princeton, BC anyway?
2. How's the weather there?
3. What's there to do in Princeton, BC?
4. What does the area look like?
5. How's the Fishing?
6. What's it like to live in Princeton, BC?
7. Anything else we should know?

There is some duplication in the listings below:

5. How's the Fishing?

Just ask John! Read an excerpt from my new book "Trout Talk"! Over 100 fishing columns written for a small weekly newspaper in southern BC, Canada.

Contact me about the book "Trout Talk".

I also write a fishing & outdoor activity column for our local newspaper. The stories are about 98% accurate, & considering the subject matter (fishing, size of fish, weight of fish, etc.), this is not doing too badly. You probably can relate to these temptations when telling fish stories. If you would like to share or trade stories, fly patterns, paraphernalia, etc., please contact me.
Also see the Princeton Fly Tyer's Guild page;
or Paul Adams at Lure of the Lakes Fly Fishing Adventures;
Princeton Area Booklets (The Similkameen News Leader): Princeton Area - Fishing Guide;
The Town of Princeton, BC has a good fishing map;
Tulameen Adventure Tours, "guided ATV tours, overnight guided ATV trips, guided snowmobile tours, fly-fishing trips with pontoon boats, guided alpine hiking, & a bicycle shuttle service" (also a Princeton Fly Tyer's Guild member).

6. What's it like to live in Princeton, BC?

Well, we like it! We even Love Princeton, BC!!

Visit Princeton Life &
Town of Princeton new website.
Community Demographics Princeton, BC might be helpful.
For others' opinions, read "The appeal of living in Princeton" by Nick Mills,
& also "Changes in Princeton Bring Breath of Fresh Air" (British Columbia Lung Association);
Harry Peterson's life at Copper Mountain, BC 1938 to 1941;
Read "A Pioneer Gentlewoman in British Columbia, The Recollections of Susan Allison" (UBC Press) & ALLISON, Susan & "A Pioneer Gentlewoman in British Columbia"
(B.C. BookWorld).
And Princeton, British Columbia from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

You can get some of our local news from:

CHBC-TV in Kelowna,
CIGV-2 105.5 FM Radio - Princeton, BC,
CIGV-21 98.1 FM Radio - Princeton, BC,
(Former) Councillor Coyne "Prepare for tomorrow today",
The Daily Courier (KelownaDailyCourier.ca - Kelowna, BC),
Penticton Herald (PentictonHearld.ca - Penticton, BC),
Radio / TV Stations on the Internet (TVRadioWorld.com),
Sun FM 97.1 Radio in Penticton,
The Similkameen News Leader, one of our excellent local newspapers,
The Similkameen Spotlight, another one of our excellent local newspapers, or
Thompson-Okanagan: Media: Newspapers!

7. Anything else we should know?

Funny you should ask. Here are some "Web Sights" we found while making this page:

About the Okanagan Similkameen
(Community Futures Development Corporation of the Okanagan Similkameen);
Artwork by Jamie Morris (born in Princeton, BC), (Four Seasons B&B);
Assessment of species diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone;
Bigfoot / Sasquatch: Canada Bigfoot Sightings;
Sasquatch (Robin Nowatschka) &
The Stenwyken (Folklore Heitage in the Pacific Northwest);
Bill Miner, Stagecoach & Train Robber, the "gentleman bandit" & the "Great Train Robbery"!;
"Interred With Their Bones" Bill Miner in Canada 1903-1907;
Bill Miner is also mentioned in Princeton Castle Resort, The History;
Canadian Airport Lon / Lat & ID listings (GPSInformation.net);
Degree Confluence Project;
Eighties Movie Locations That Really Exist;
Governor General's Awards (Canada's National History Society);
Great Circle Airport: CYDC, Princeton, British Columbia, Canada;
Ice and Snow hanging from the eaves in Princeton, BC (krohn.org);
Jeff & Sue Turner, local filmmakers, deserve mention:
2001 Banff Mountain Film Festival;
Bear Bonding (BBC Wildlife Magazine);
Coastal Bears of Katmai National Park, Alaska;
Jeff Turner close encounter with a Grizzly bear (BBC WildLife Magazine);
Sue & Jeff Turner (Meadowlark Festival);
"Malone" featuring Burt Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, Lauren Hutton, etc., was filmed partly in Princeton & Hedley. Here's a "Malone" poster in Polish! The Wooden "Brown" Bridge played "a supporting role" in the film! (138 KB)
Meadowlark Festival;
The Okanagan Cultural Corridor;
Okanagan Region (The Land Conservancy);
Okanagan Reuses Serving the Okanagan & Similkameen (i-WasteNot Systems Inc.);
"The Pledge" featuring Jack Nicholson, Vanessa Redgrave, etc., with Sean Penn as Director & Producer, was also filmed partly in Hedley, Hope, Keremeos, Merritt & Princeton;
Here's a poster & more about "The Pledge" from watercolour artist Michael Kluckner;
Lytton, BC was also used as a location for "The Pledge";
Still more: The Pledge (2001) Internet Movie Database Inc.;
The Pledge (Warner Bros.);
Filming Locations for The Pledge (2001) including the church in Hedley, Hope, Keremeos, Merritt & the "Bridge entering Monash County" which is actually in Princeton;
Titles with locations including Princeton, British Columbia, Canada (Internet Movie Database Inc.);
Princeton Brewery Ford tractor trailers &
Princeton Brewery Mercury wreck (truck);
International truck belonging to Public Freightways & the trailer once belonged to Princeton Breweries of Princeton, BC (International Truck Pictures);
Princeton Brewing Co. Bottles (Beer Bottle Collectors);
Princeton Castle Resort, The History;
Princeton & District Museum & Archives;
Similkameen Ore Conveyor Bridge;
Susan Delatour LePoidevin, Ceramic Artist;
UFO Sighting Reports;

Earthquakes: Earthquake near Princeton, BC 1997-01-11: M=3.5;
Significant Earthquakes in 2002;

Fires: Forest fires scorch across hot, dry Canada;
BC forest firefighter (blaze over 2,900 hectares, Richard Lam, Photojournalist);
Morel Mushrooms, Morchella elata, Friday Creek Fire Aug 2001;

Floods: 1995 - The Year of the Flood - or Just the Beginning?
Flood Damage Reduction Program (Freshwater Website);
Flood Plain Maps;

Well, well, well . . . Observation Well Information;
"The Latest Dirt?" BC Soils Information System . . .
Princeton Area - Unsolved Mysteries Princeton Area Booklets (The Similkameen News Leader);
Vtube - Valley First Web Community (Member Videos, etc.);
"Weird?" Woman's trip to outhouse launches police search in Princeton, BC (scroll to the end of the page).

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