Lumby Museum
1785 Glencaird Street V0E2G0 Lumby, BC, Canada

Pictured: Naps café in the 1950's and Elseor Leger outside Naps Café 1950's. In 1939, Napoleon Bessette purchased the billiard parlor owned by Stewart Forester and expanded the building by adding a café called Naps Café. Ten years later, Sigi and Belle Kuraoka took over the business and gradually converted the café to a laundromat. The laundromat was destroyed by fire and is now the vacant lot on Vernon Street between the Shell Station and Rossworn Henderson Accounting.

Winners of the 8-9 year old Lumby Days Kids' Truck Rodeo in 1988: First: Kathryn Foisy (L), Second: Robby Grande (C) and Third: Jason Arkell

With this unprecedented October 2020 snowfall, we remember the opening of Lumby's Monashee Ski Hill on January 14th, 1978. Pictured during the opening ceremonies are LtoR: Henry Catt (property owner), Mayor Pat Duke, Ernie Robatzek (Ski Hill operator) and Ron Catt (property owner)

We will have the fire truck out collecting food. Please remember to have it out for collection!

Thursday, October 15 is Good Food Box delivery. Large box 20.00/Small box 12.00. Today, October 6 is cut-off day for placing your order. Contact Whitevalley Community Resource Centre 250-547-8866

In July 1997, the footings were poured for the new Lumby Village office. Local contractor David Hornell of 3D construction began framing the next week with a target to open the office in the Fall. Project Manager was Mac McIlveen and Councilor Ron Neufeld was the Building Committee Chairman. Bigelow's Hardware supplied the lumber package.

After a long summer off. Our Fire Truck needed to go for a drive. After a good dust off she fired right up! We got a little wet, but it was still fun!

Saddle Mountain Ribbon Cutting on Opening Day February 24, 1977. LtoR: Joe Martin, Ann Fisher and Unknown man

In 1979, Bill and Linda Wyatt purchased the Lumby Logger from Palmer and Valery Anderson. The Lumby Logger is the 60th registered newspaper in British Columbia. L to R Back row: Terry Hymas, Bill Wyatt, Paul Fisher. Front row: Marion Kral, Maureen Thompson, Jim West

The Northern Crown Bank was the predecessor of Lumby's 1924 Royal Bank of Canada. The bank was situated on the corner of Shuswap Avenue and Vernon Street - across from today's Bank of Nova Scotia. It was robbed in 1912 by Milo Roberts who shot and wounded the bank manager Mr. Murchison . Milo later passed out in the Lumby Hotel and was arrested by Magistrate Pete Catt . Milo was convicted in Vernon May 22, 1912 and sentenced to 12 years.

Whitevale Elementary School first opened in 1977 with 133 students attending. The building and grounds are located on 7.5 acres on Whitevale Road. In 2000, a concrete reservoir was added so that water was readily available in case of fire. The school has a modern and unique design but was abandoned in 2006 as the mills in Lumby closed and families moved away. Today, School District #22 uses the facility for storage.

On this Father's Day 2020 we are sharing this photo of the Father and Son Riverside Trophy winners at the Valleyview Golf Course (now Lumby Golf Course) - Dewey and son Tony Thompson who had a combined score of 119. Runners up were Pete and son Darien Balkwell. We believe this photo was taken circa 1977.

On this rainy would-have-been 2020 Lumby Days weekend, we remember when Larry Cole won the Medium Saw Competition at the 1973 Lumby Days Competition.

In 1981, Lumby's Snopitch team won the Canadian Molson's Snofest Tourney. Front Row (L-R) Ann Conway, Len Anderson, Faye Hopp, Verna Leger, Van Kupser, Bernadette Irmen & Colleen Reardon. Back Row (L-R) Don Rosen, Rick Hawkins, Glen Fey, Gordon Conway, N. Hopp, Gerald McLeod & Molson Rep Bob Denison

In October 1978, the Charles Bloom Senior Girls Grasshockey team competed in the Provincial A Finals in Summerland: Back Row (L-R) Ralph Irons (Coach), Deb Sargent (Captain), Judy Campbell, Rose Overeem, Heather Stinson, Helen Bain and Barb Schunter Middle Row (L-R) Colleen Lunzman, Sarah Hay, Terry Alexander and Terry Scott... Front Row (L-R) April Perry, Sandi Moss and Kim Anderson

This photo, taken in 1911 shows the Billy Knowles sawmill at the corner of White Vale Road and Dure Meadow Road. Although the road was never gazetted as "Mill Road", many locals to this day call White Vale Road Mill Road