Okanagan
The Okanagan is a region of British Columbia. It borders the Shuswap region to the north, West Kootenays region to the east, Similkameen region to the west, and the American border to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kelowna and Penticton.
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.
Penticton
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Penticton is a beautiful spot in the south Okanagan nestled between two lakes: The 155 km-long Okanagan Lake to the north, and the smaller Skaha Lake to the south.
Vernon
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Vernon is a city of about 45,000 people in the north end of the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. Vernon is known for its lakes and beaches in the summer, and skiing and hockey in the winter.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Osoyoos and Armstrong.
Osoyoos
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Osoyoos, is a town in the southern Okanagan valley of British Columbia that is a popular summer holiday destination. The town has about 5100 permanent residents.
Armstrong
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Armstrong is a city of about 4800 people in the Okanagan region of British Columbia. It is perhaps most famous as the home of the Armstrong Cheese factory, which closed in 2004.
Lake Country
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Lake Country is in the Okanagan region of British Columbia. It is a collective name for administrative and travel purposes given to the communities of Winfield, Oyama, Okanagan Centre and Carr's Landing.
West Kelowna
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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.
Oliver
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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".
Enderby
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Enderby is a city of about 3,000 people in the Okanagan region of British Columbia. The Shuswap River marks the eastern and northeastern limits of the city.
Summerland
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Summerland is in British Columbia, Canada. It is a small community of 11,600 people in the Okanagan Valley. The architecture of the downtown area is done in Old English Tudor.
Silver Star
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Silver Star is a Canadian mountain resort in British Columbia's Okanagan region. It is 22 km northeast of the town of Vernon.
Peachland
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Peachland is in the Okanagan region of British Columbia. It is a small town of 5,400 permanent residents which was incorporated in 1909.
Okanagan Falls
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Okanagan Falls is a community of about 2200 people in the Okanagan region of British Columbia on the shore of Skaha Lake, which provides many recreational opportunities. It is also close to Okanagan Falls Provincial Park.
Naramata
Naramata is an unincorporated community in the Okanagan region of south central British Columbia, located on the eastern shore of southern Okanagan Lake.
Apex Mountain Ski Resort
Apex Mountain Alpine Resort is a ski village in the Okanagan region of British Columbia. The closest city is Penticton. Apex is distinguished by its big-mountain terrain with a small-mountain village and vibe.Big White
Big White Ski Resort, usually referred to as Big White, is a Canadian ski resort 56 km southeast of Kelowna, in the Central Okanagan area of the Okanagan/Shuswap Valley in British Columbia interior.
Mount Baldy
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Mount Baldy, or Baldy Resort, is a small ski hill community in Okanagan overlooking the Okanagan Valley in southern British Columbia just north of the Washington state border.
Okanagan
- Type: Area
- Description: geographic region of British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Okanagan Country” and “Okanagan Valley”
- Category: region
- Location: Regional District of North Okanagan, Thompson-Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Okanagan” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Okanagan”
- Bengali: “ওকানাগা”
- Catalan: “Okanagan Valley”
- Catalan: “Okanagan”
- Catalan: “Vall d’Okanagan”
- Catalan: “Vall Okanagan”
- Chinese: “奥卡纳根山谷”
- Chinese: “奥肯纳根”
- Chinese: “奧卡納根”
- Chinese: “欧肯纳根”
- Chinese: “歐肯納根山谷”
- Dutch: “Okanagan”
- Finnish: “Okanagan”
- French: “Okanagan”
- French: “Vallée de l’Okanagan”
- German: “Okanagan Valley”
- Italian: “Okanagan”
- Japanese: “オカナガン・カントリー”
- Japanese: “オカナガン・バレー”
- Japanese: “オカナガン”
- Japanese: “オカナガン地方”
- Japanese: “オカナガン渓谷”
- Malagasy: “Okanagan”
- Persian: “اوکناگن”
- Romanian: “Okanagan Valley”
- Romanian: “Okanagan”
- Romanian: “Valea Okanagan”
- Slovenian: “dolina Okanagan”
- Slovenian: “Okanagan”
- Spanish: “Okanagan”
- Swedish: “Okanagan”
- Venetian: “Okanagan”
- Yue Chinese: “奧卡納根”
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