Carp are currently distributed in the lower Columbia ( Arrow Lakes ), lower Kootenay, Kettle ( Christina Lake ), and throughout the Okanagan system.

Elsewhere, similar structures can be found e. g. at the mouths of several creeks flowing into Okanagan Lake in British Columbia and forming prominent peninsulas at Naramata (), Summerland (), or Peachland ()

Cabernet Franc is becoming more popular in Canada, being planted in Ontario's Niagara Peninsula, Prince Edward County, the north shore of Lake Erie, Pelee Island, and the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia.

The new replacement bridge across Okanagan Lake in Kelowna is named after him.

Reports describe it as being similar in form and behavior to various popularly named lake monsters such as " Ogopogo " of Okanagan Lake in British Columbia and to the Loch Ness Monster of Scotland.

In many of these areas, especially around Loch Ness, Lake Champlain and the Okanagan Valley, these lake monsters have become important tourist draws.

Ogopogo or Naitaka (, " lake demon ") is the name given to a cryptid lake monster reported to live in Okanagan Lake, in British Columbia, Canada.

* 1996: The Ogopogo of Lake Okanagan is referenced in " Quagmire ", a third season episode of the X-Files, in which Mulder and Scully search for an elusive sea-beast known as " Big Blue.

* Gaal, Arlene ( 1986 ) Ogopogo: The True Story of The Okanagan Lake Million Dollar Monster.

" The Golf Club at The Rise " showcases unsurpassed views of the Okanagan Lake and of Vernon itself.

Kin Beach and Paddle Wheel Park Beach on Okanagan Lake are also among the most popular of the twenty or so larger beaches in Vernon.

* Okanagan Lake Bridge

** Spans Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, carrying Highway 97 to Kelowna.

Kalamalka Lake ( aka " Kal Lake ") is a large lake in the Interior Plateau of southern central British Columbia, Canada, east of Okanagan Lake and approximately south of Vernon.

Kalamalka Lake is a glacial lake that flows into the well known Okanagan Lake.

Okanagan Lake is a large, deep lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia.

Notable features of the Okanagan Valley include terraces which were formed due to the periodic lowering of the lake's predecessor, glacial Lake Penticton.

This bridge replaced the three-lane floating Okanagan Lake Bridge on May 30, 2008 which had a lift span for passage of large boats.

Okanagan Lake winds between Kelowna ( foreground ) and Westbank ( background ).

de: Okanagan Lake

From Okanagan Falls, Highway 97 runs near the western shore of Skaha Lake before arriving at the locality of Kaleden, where Highway 3A diverges west.

From there, Highway 97 passes through West Kelowna, Westbank, Lakeview, and reserve lands belonging to the Westbank First Nation until, 15 km ( 9 mi ) northeast of the 97C junction, Highway 97 begins to cross Okanagan Lake via the William R. Bennett Bridge.

:* UBC Okanagan, the campus in Kelowna, British Columbia

2: Similkameen & South Okanagan ( 1988 ) Manning Park to Kelowna.

** Global Okanagan, on-air brand of CHBC-TV, a television station in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Myra Canyon is located South of Kelowna on Okanagan Mountain.

Highway 97C, the Okanagan Connector or Coquihalla Connector, forms part of an important link between the Lower Mainland and the Okanagan Valley around Kelowna.

Highway 33, which is 129 km ( 80 mi ) long, connects Rock Creek, on the Crowsnest Highway, north to Kelowna, on the Okanagan Highway, partially following the West Kettle River.

* Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park, British Columbia ( Okanagan Mountain is also a suburban area of Kelowna, British Columbia )

BCAP candidates ran in ridings in Okanagan, Kelowna and Surrey, and placed last in all six ridings.

CHBC-TV ( branded on-air as Global Okanagan ) is the Global owned-and-operated television station serving the Okanagan Valley region of the Canadian province of British Columbia that is licensed to Kelowna.

It covered the central Okanagan Valley on channel 2 with 3, 700 watts from its main studios and transmitter in Kelowna.

A published map of the Okanagan Valley in 1827 includes only three sites for the entire Okanagan Valley ; Nicola Prairie ; Lone Tree ( north end of Summerland ); and Sandy Cove ( across the lake from present day Kelowna ).

* November 20 – The Okanagan Valley Railway begins operations on the former Canadian Pacific Railway branch between Sicamous and Kelowna, British Columbia.

The Regional District of Central Okanagan ( RDCO ) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada, comprising the City of Kelowna and its surrounding bedroom municipalities.

It lies on the west side of the Okanagan Lake, 34 km north of the city of Kelowna, and 50 km south of Vernon.

This district was created as " Kelowna " electoral district in 1996 from a portion of Okanagan Centre riding.

Parker's first term ( 1993 – 96 ) was characterized by near-continuous touring of rural BC which had, up to that point, negligible or highly intermittent organization outside of the Okanagan and Comox Valleys.

* The extinct Nicola Athapaskans, aka the Stuwix (" strangers " in the Shuswap language ), migrated south from northern BC into the Nicola Valley region in the late 18th century and were absorbed into the Nicola people, an alliance of Nlaka ' pamux and Okanagan peoples.

Following a 1988 government initiative designed to increase access to degree programs in British Columbia, five community colleges in BC were granted authority to offer baccalaureate degrees, and these five institutions — Malaspina, Fraser Valley, Kwantlen, Cariboo and Okanagan — were renamed university colleges.

( In comparison, major BC universities ' GPA requirements are: low 80s for UBC Vancouver and mid-70s for UBC Okanagan, 70 %- 80 % for UVic, and 80-90 % for SFU.

* SOLP ( 1919 – 1964 ) South Okanagan Lands Project-established by the Province of BC 1921 and run by provincial government employees for over forty years.

That network was already available in the Okanagan through CHAN-TV ( Global BC ), which has operated a semi-satellite, CHKL-TV on channel 5, in the region since the early 1980s.

* Okanagan, BC and WA