Have you seen our history TV show on TELUS Optik or on an Air Canada flight this summer? We've released 22 episodes that you can watch for free .
Over the next few weeks we'll be premiering 5 brand new episodes here! We're kicking off by telling the story of a guy named Captain Shorts.
An intrepid entrepreneur who would do "anything for a buck", he found his calling in a ferry service he started that would go up and down Okanagan Lake.
Tall tales, a prickly approach and a ramshackle approach to business were his hallmarks. Many stories have gone around about him, one about the time he claimed to have found an Oogopogo bone in the lake.
Learn all about Captain Shorts in the episode below, and check back next week for another story from our province's past.
