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Sovereign Park
Mansion, Wildlife Preserve and Waterfront on Kalamalka Lake, Vernon B.C. Canada
Greater Vernon Services:
Handicapped Parking access at the bottom corner of Ormsby Drive.
Directions from Mapquest.com
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See Agnes Sovereign's Handicapped Parking Project
In memory of  Art & Agnes Sovereign 
and Paddy Mackie  and his Mackie Lake House Foundation
7604 Kidston Rd. "Pheasant Run"  Coldstream B.C. Canada
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Related Articles and Links
In Loving Memory
  1. Arthur Ellison Sovereign 1924 - 2002
  2. Agnes Isabelle Sovereign 1929 - 2002
  3. Bishop Arthur and Ellen Sovereign 
    1. Ellison Family History
 Pheasant Run Property Description
    - Property Maintenance Tips

Pheasant Run and Coldstream Photos
   - Pheasant Run Photos - A Virtual Tour
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 Neighboring Provincial Heritage sites and their Foundations
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There are several books written about "Pheasant Run" which reference the property and its history, as well as family histories here in Vernon. 
  1. Footprints on the Heart  (1995) by Nan Halsey  1SBN 0-9695960-2-2
  2. Coldstream Nulli Secondus (meaning “not second”)  by Margaret Ormsby.
Vernon and Ellison History: 
  1. “Price Ellison: a Short History of an Okanagan Valley Pioneer” 

    2.    by Ken Ellison
  2. A History of Caring RJHospital by Daphne Thuillier.
 In addition a play "I love Life" was written about A.T. Howe (the original owner) the property and the Postil Family which was performed as a CBC Farm Radio Broadcast and here at the mansion. 
A voice recording was made of the CBC Farm Radio Broadcast. 

Copies of these books, the play and the recording are here and can made available for you to enjoy . The origninals are archived at the Vernon Museaum.

Historical Photos of Kalamalka Lake, found in the Vernon Museum Archives.

Colonal Glossops House circa 1905 Click Here for a printable pdf version

Colonal Glossips Residence Circa 1905

Kidston House at the top of Kinloch Drive. Middle Front of the picture.

Ormbsy house on left waterfront: little has changed today
(Noting masterful renovations of the house and gardens by the current tenants.)

The Mackie Barn can be seen just to the right of Kidston's Roof top.
 Picture was taken before the Mackie house was built in 1913.

Immediately above the roof peak of the Kidston House in the foreground, 
you can see the white facade of Orchardlee Lodge  - A resort and spa. 
(Now Summertree on the Lake Condominiumn)

A portion of the Kidson Property has beeen added to the park including waterfront access. My brother says that would make the beginnings of the "Stanley Park of Vernon" as at some future time any or all of the three properties along the lakeshore to the south could be added to the park.

  The Glossop house as seen between the Roof tops of Ormsby House and OrchardLee Lodge.
 - the Mackay Barn (stll standing to this day) to the right and forefront of OrchardLee Lodge.
This was the original house - Kitchen, Dining Room, Master Bedroom and Family Room.
- Before A. T. Howes addition was built (Living Room and Den)
The Glossop / Howe MacIntosh Orchard can clearly be seen.
The  view was virtually  unchanged in 1962 when we bought the property.

A. T. Howe purchased the property in the early 1900's and built the living room and den addition using Maple, Walnut and Oak from his brother's tree farm in Ontario.You will note that the Dining room does not have hardwood floors. That is because it went into the servants quarters - the bunk house. (If the bunk house is to be demolished, it would be nice to save the hardwood floors for future repairs to A. T. Howe"s creation.)
The windows are hand made Belgium Glass.

As noted in the Mackie Foundation Flyer, the large acreages bordering the east shore of Kalamalka Lake were subidvided off the Hozier Ranch and orchards Price Ellison (our great grandfather) owned in the late 1800's. The Howe family sold us the property in 1962 largely because of this connection and trust in my father to keep the property intact.