Speakers \ Meetings
Meetings take place on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at Princeton & District Museum and Archives, 167 Vermilion Avenue at 7 p.m. Monthly meetings are followed by a guest speaker who makes a presentation on a topic dealing with the natural world. Refreshments are served after the presentation. The public is welcome to attend.
2025 List of Speakers
(Click on the meeting name for more information)
Presentation: Charlotte Leaming & Wendy Stewart - The Natural Wonders of Newfoundland and Labrador
May 13th, 2025
Meeting starts at 7:00 AM at Princeton Museum
In June 2023, Penticton residents Charlotte Leaming and Wendy Stewart travelled to Newfoundland and Labrador for a 13-day nature tour of Canada’s most eastern province.
There was nature galore – icebergs, nesting Puffins and Gannets, Minke whales, toads, flora at every step as well as oodles of culture – lighthouses filled with history, stacks of firewood 10 feet long, roadside houses for the garbage cans, homes with no steps to the front door and people, amazing, huge-hearted, fun-loving people.
Come with Charlotte and Wendy as they travel hundreds and hundreds of miles across rocky, barren landscapes to arrive at a seaside hamlet full of joyful music, a freshly caught lobster dinner and an iceberg right over there (you can even have ice from that iceberg in your drink!)
Charlotte Leaming is a retired Okanagan horticulturist; Wendy Stewart is a retired reporter and government communicator. Both love to travel.
Presentation: Todd Redding - Water Resources of the Similkameen
June 10th, 2025
Meeting starts at 7:00 PM at Princeton Museum
June 10, 2025
Todd Redding – Water Resources of the Similkameen
The Similkameen River is a blue oasis in the dry southern interior of BC. In this presentation Todd will talk about the water sources of the Similkameen, the amount and quality of water flowing through the systems and the potential effects of climate change and other human impacts on water resources. Todd looks forward to learning from your local knowledge about the past, present and future of this beautiful watershed.
Todd is a faculty member in the Department of Geography and Earth & Environmental Science at Okanagan College in Penticton.