Friends of Fintry Provincial Park Society

The Friends of Fintry Provincial Park Society has been a registered non-profit society since 2000. The members want to see Captain James Cameron Dun-Waters’ legacy restored, protected – and shared with the public. The dream, when The Friends of Fintry was first established, was to see Dun-Waters’ legacy restored, protected and shared with the public. Through hard work that dream is becoming a reality. The Fintry Estate, a heritage site with a colourful history, encompasses 360 hectares and several heritage buildings. When Dun-Waters purchased the delta in 1909, his first priorities were to build a home and to create a water system from Short’s Creek. During his ownership of the land, Fintry quickly became one of the most comprehensive agricultural estates in the Okanagan Valley, with the manor house, gardens, a 40-acre orchard, sawmill, stables, upland hunting lodges, quarry, a roofed-in curling rink, and one of the only circular (octagonal) dairy barns in the province.