Fairview
Fairview is a ghost town in British Columbia on the west side of the Okanagan River between Cawston and Oliver. It is the original townsite for what is now the town of Oliver, famous for the Fairview Hotel that burned down in 1902.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Fairview, British Columbia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oliver Municipal Airport and Southern Okanagan Secondary School.
Oliver Municipal Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Kelownian Pilot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oliver Municipal Airport is a registered aerodrome located adjacent to Oliver, British Columbia, Canada. The airport has been considered for expansion. Oliver Municipal Airport is situated 3½ km east of Fairview.
Southern Okanagan Secondary School
School
Southern Okanagan Secondary is a public high school in Oliver, British Columbia. On September 12, 2011, the majority of the school was engulfed in flames. Southern Okanagan Secondary School is situated 3 km east of Fairview.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oliver.
Oliver
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oliver is a town of about 4900 people in the Okanagan region of British Columbia. It sits along the Okanagan River by Tuc-el-nuit Lake between Osoyoos and Okanagan Falls. Tourism British Columbia has named it "the Wine Capital of Canada".
Fairview
Latitude
49.1741° or 49° 10′ 27″ northLongitude
-119.5982° or 119° 35′ 54″ westElevation
476 metres (1,562 feet)Open location code
85X25CF2+JPOpenStreetMap ID
node 7650839472OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Fairview” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fairview, British Columbia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فيرفيو”
- Irish: “Fairview”
- Urdu: “فیئرویو، برٹش کولمبیا”
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