Okanagan Lake
Okanagan Lake is a lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The lake is 135 km long, between 4 and 5 km wide, and has a surface area of 348 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Lake Okanagan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Boucherie and William R. Bennett Bridge.
Mount Boucherie
Peak
Photo: S charette, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Boucherie is a mountain located in West Kelowna on the west shore of Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, Canada, opposite the city of Kelowna. It is the remnants of a former stratovolcano created nearly 60 million years ago. Mount Boucherie is situated 4 km west of Okanagan Lake.
William R. Bennett Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Darren Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The William R. Bennett Bridge is a pontoon bridge in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. Completed on May 25, 2008, the bridge replaced the older Okanagan Lake Bridge built in 1958 to link Downtown Kelowna to West Kelowna across Okanagan Lake as part of Highway 97. William R. Bennett Bridge is situated 3½ km north of Okanagan Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Kelowna and Kelowna.
West Kelowna
Photo: Accuruss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
West Kelowna is a city of about 33,000 people in the Okanagan region of British Columbia. It is the fourth largest community in the valley and home to some of its best known wineries, including Mission Hill, Mount Boucherie and Quail's Gate.
Kelowna
Kelowna is a city in the Okanagan region of British Columbia. Kelowna is the largest inland city in British Columbia, in the heart of BC's wine country. Okanagan Lake is the main draw in the summer.
Okanagan Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Regional District of Central Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Okanagan Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Okanagan Lake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة أوكاناغن”
- Bulgarian: “Оканаган”
- Catalan: “Llac d’Okanagan”
- Catalan: “Llac Okanagan”
- Catalan: “Okanagan Lake”
- Cebuano: “Okanagan Lake”
- Chinese: “奥卡诺根湖”
- Chinese: “奧卡納干湖”
- Chinese: “奧卡諾根湖”
- Chinese: “奧肯拿根湖”
- Chuvash: “Оканаган”
- Croatian: “Jezero Okanagan”
- Croatian: “Okanagan”
- Czech: “jezero Okanagan”
- Dutch: “Okanaganmeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره اوكاناجن”
- Finnish: “Lake Okanagan”
- Finnish: “Okanaganjärvi”
- French: “lac Okanagan”
- French: “Lac Okanagan”
- German: “Lake Okanagan”
- German: “Okanagan Lake”
- German: “Okanagansee”
- Italian: “lago Okanagan”
- Italian: “Lago Okanagan”
- Japanese: “オカナガン湖”
- Malayalam: “ഒകനാഗൻ തടാകം”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Okanagansjøen”
- Polish: “Okanagan”
- Portuguese: “Lago Okanagan”
- Russian: “Оканаган (озеро)”
- Russian: “Оканаган”
- Serbian: “Оканаган”
- Slovenian: “Okanagan Lake”
- Slovenian: “Okanagansko jezero”
- Spanish: “Lago Okanagan”
- Swedish: “Okanagan Lake”
- Venetian: “lago Okanagan”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lakeview Heights and Okanagan Mission.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mission Beach Park and Mission Creek.
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