The Haynes Ranch, Osoyoos, BC

Remnants of the Haynes Ranch near Osoyoos, BC

One of the things I love about the Okanagan in British Columbia is the fact that many of the old historic buildings are still standing.  The dry climate seems to allow them to resist the rapid demise which other structures experience outside of that area.  There are other agents of destruction out there, including frost, rust, fungi, and the ravages of man; but these tend to take second seat to the damp rot which so often spell the extinction of history. 
While visiting Osoyoos we came across some fascinating wooden buildings; a number of them all about in the same state of decay.  A little research led to the discovery that John Haynes was the owner of 22,000 acres of land and that this was the hub of that title.  It was in the mid 1860's that he and his buddy constructed the buildings which were to stand for 165 years.  The house itself saw Haynes himself live there until his death in 1888, and then three new successive generations (Fraser) looked upon it as home.  It changed hands two more times until, when, in 2016, it was bought by a family who had alternative plans for it.
Sadly, the structure is no more, as it has been removed to make room for a winery which will be built upon its previous foundation.  Some of its legacy lives on in the Osoyoos museum, but the ghosts of the past now have nowhere else to go.  Such is the fate of all buildings - sooner or later, whether by nature or man, their end will come.  It's just sad that the end comes a little sooner than maybe what could have been.

http://osoyoosmuseum.ca/haynes.html
https://www.osoyoostimes.com/family-deserves-credit-for-trying-to-preserve-haynes-name-in-new-winery/