iN PHOTOS: The founder of Fintry was no remittance man, he just looked like one at times | iNFOnews
Image Credit: Submitted/Fintry.ca April 11, 2021 - 6:00 PM The Okanagan’s history is littered with stories of remittance men, who were the younger sons of the British elite who were sent off to the Colonies with stipends to find their way in the new world while first-born sons inherited wealth. One was Coutts Marjoribanks whose sister Lady Aberdeen built Kelowna’s Guisichan House for him in an effort to keep him out of trouble. It didn’t work all the well as the home ...
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