Gellatly Nut Farm

Gellatly Nut Farm Regional Park is 4 hectares of a working heritage farm.
The park is a significant and unique site because of the heritage components as well as the recreational, archaeological, and educational values.

Features:
-Heritage nut trees, some of which are unique to Canada
-485 feet of lake front
-A heritage house
-Log cabin
-Various other heritage buildings and articles that have been collected by the Gellatly family over the years

History:
In the late 1800's the Gellatly family moved to the shore of Okanagan Lake and pioneered on the flats now known as Gellatly. The family became an important part of the community in the Central Okanagan, pioneering many of the farming practices that would influence the entire Okanagan valley.

The Gellatly Nut Farm was Canada's first commercial nut orchard and in the early 1900s the nut farm became known internationally for its hardy nut growing and the development of innovative nut breeding, finding new varieties of walnuts, heartnuts, filberts and chestnuts.

The Gellatly Nut Farm was designated a Class A Heritage site in the Central Okanagan Heritage Resource Inventory in 1984. The Regional District worked together with the Gellatly Nut Farm Society to acquire the park in 2002 and is now working towards further development.