By Pete McIntyre

New street names recognize city’s history

Nov 25, 2019 | 5:16 PM

Enderby is paying tribute to its heritage in assigning names to some laneways in the downtown.

Mayor Greg McCune says the lanes are seeing more activity so naming them will make it easier to report any incidents to 911.

“Those alleyways in the downtown core, are seeing some businesses starting to locate in them. So we’re getting some pressure to get a street or laneway names for 911 [to more easier describe where an incident was],” McCune told Vernon Matters.

The lanes are to the north and south of Cliff Avenue on the eastern side of George Street.

The city’s heritage commission came up with several suggestions for the lane names, and council decided to go with Speers, Lambly and MacPherson Lanes.

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Speers Lane: Sid Speers operated Speers Department Store from 1913-1975, and was active in curling, hockey and fraternal societies.

Lambly Lane: Robert and Thomas Lambly pre-empted 160 acres on the Spallumcheen River in 1876 and later divided it into city lots. They built the first warehouse and boat landing, the first frame house and the Lambly and Enderby Hotel.

MacPherson Lane: “That’s a family that moved here in the late 1800’s. Don “Moose” MacPherson just passed away. He was our fire chief for 23 years, on the fire department for 47 years. He ran a small business here. His wife was very active in the seniors community, so it will be PacPherson Lane behind city hall,” said McCune.

Other suggestions were Ed and Art Dill who owned Dill Brothers, a general store from 1913-1938, and Ed was a city council member from 1924-1938.

George Bell built the Enderby Trading Company in 1890, and was the city’s first mayor from 1905-1910, and was a member of the B.C. Legislature from 1920-1928.

by Pete McIntyre

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