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The Grist Mill and Gardens Historic Site, located in the Similkameen River Valley near the Village of Keremeos, is a heritage site owned by the Province of British Columbia. It is located just north of the junction of the Crowsnest Highway and Highway 3A .
Keremeos (/ k ɛr ə ˈ m iː ə s /) is a village in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. [3] The name originated from the Similkameen dialect of the Okanagan language word "Keremeyeus" meaning "creek which cuts its way through the flats" referring to Keremeos Creek which flows down from the Upper Benchlands to the Similkameen River that flows past the village.
Keremeos BC 49°19′54″N 119°34′07″W / 49.3316°N 119.5686°W / 49.3316; -119.5686 ( Michael Keogan's Keremeos municipality ( 20348 )
Richter's original 30 acres (120,000 m 2) of fruit trees at Keremeos Centre are considered to be one of the two foundations of BC's orcharding industry, the other being started by the Oblate Fathers at Okanagan Mission. Today, the area is seeing a burgeoning wine industry and a boom in sunbelt-oriented recreation housing and property development.
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The pass was named in association nearby Richter Mountain, [2] which was named for Francis Xavier Richter, an early cattle rancher and orchardist in the area, [3] who settled in the region during the days of the Colony of British Columbia., originally working for the Hudson's Bay Company post in Keremeos, taking care of their packhorses.
Area code(s) 250 , 778 Olalla is an unincorporated settlement in the South Okanagan region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia , Canada , located southwest of Penticton (the nearest large city) and just north of Keremeos .