The proposed areas--west of Penticton's city centre and north of the Skaha Lake--were owned by the Penticton Indian Band, and were therefore expropriated in 1949, with the preliminary development of the airfield completing in 1941.
The proposed areas--west of Penticton's city centre and north of the Skaha Lake--were owned by the Penticton Indian Band. The land for the airport was expropriated from the band in 1949 under the War Measures Act, with the preliminary development of the airfield completing in 1941.