Photo: Greater Vernon Museum and Archives

In a blustery October 94 years ago, the first car to successfully complete a cross-Canada trip under its own power arrived in Vernon, and was greeted by an excited crowd at Watkin's Garage on 30th Street.

The vehicle was driven by Perry Doolittle, the "Father of the Trans-Canada Highway," and Edward Flickenger, a photographer, as part of a promotional campaign by Ford Canada to advertise their new Ford Model T.



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