St. Edward’s, the Confessor, Anglican

Stocks Collection  – Okanagan Archive Trust Society

A bit of history –  The church is completed in Norman style, square bell tower at the north entrance.  St. Edward’s was originally to have been built beside the church hall, but because of the height of the bell tower, it had to be relocated across the street to avoid being in the flight path of the Oliver airport.

A peal of eight bells was installed in the tower in 1952, the gift of an anonymous donor as a memorial to the early settlers on orchard land in the Okanagan. The bells were cast in England, the largest weighing 700 pounds!  They were dedicated 13 October 1952.