PNWRG Holds Weekend Meeting at Osoyoos, BC

The 2010 meeting of the PNWRG took place over the weekend of 30 April - 2 May 2010 at the Spirit Ridge Resort, Osoyoos, BC.

Participants arrived on Friday. The weekend included philatelic sessions on Saturday and Sunday morning. Non-philatelic activities included tours of the Newton Observatory, the Osoyoos Museum, and the Nk'Mip properties. Saturday evening featured a salmon barbecue.

Philatelic speakers and topics include:

►  Gray Scrimgeour - Two topics: 1) U.S. Steamship Mail via B.C.; 2) Pioneer Canadian Postcards

►  Brian Plain - Why the D.L.O.?

►  John Keenlyside - History of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway

►  Bill Topping - B.C. Coastal Ship Mail