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Tower Information (05-2001)
Location: 2649 Middle Bench Rd
Signage:
Built: 1908
Water source: Keremeos Creek
Photo credit: Old Tower Farm

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Keremeos - British Columbia
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- Modern history suggests that 1813 was the earliest date when the first white man came to the Keremeos area. His name was Alexander Ross who managed the Pacific Fur Company's Fort Okanagan trading post just over the Canada/US border. In 1821 the Hudson Bay Company (HBC) took over the Fort which was a trade route to London via Hudson Bay, however by 1860 transportation had moved on and the company headed north into Canada.
By 1864 the first settlers arrived from Oregon with 42-head of cattle and began farming.
The first European settlers arrived to farm oats and wheat and in 1887 the first Post Office was opened. In 1907 the first train arrived. Fruit was already being planted in abundance and local apples were winning awards. In 1956 Keremeos became a village.Travel british Columbia

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Additional water tower information
The water tower not only served the farm but it also provided pressure for the domestic plumbing in two large homes on the property. One of the homes and the tower were built by the Morrison Family. The lower part of the tower had been used from ? to 202 as a bathroom (toilet, shower, sink) and dishwashing area for seasonal orchard workers who stayed in the cabins (used to be a garage and a honey house) on the property and the adjacent property.
- There are plans to restore the stair case up to the second level in the tower. There is a sort of ladder from the second floor to the third floor where the tank (probable a huge wooden barrel) used to be. The third floor offers a fabulous view of the Similkameen Valley! The water tower not only served the farm but it also provided pressure for the domestic plumbing in two large homes on the property. One of the homes and the tower were built by the Morrison Family. The lower part of the tower had been used from ? to 202 as a bathroom (toilet, shower, sink) and dishwashing area for seasonal orchard workers who stayed in the cabins (used to be a garage and a honey house) on the property and the adjacent property.
 
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