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Vernon is a city in the Okanagan region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.It is 440 km (270 mi) northeast of Vancouver.Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former MLA of British Columbia who helped establish the Coldstream Ranch in nearby Coldstream, the City of Vernon was incorporated on 30 December 1892.
Caledonia Valley is an old name for the Yellowhead Pass, and signifies the route used by fur traders to get to the New Caledonia fur district in north-central BC Mount O'Beirne 52°54′49″N 118°37′17″W / 52.91361°N 118.62139°W / 52.91361; -118.62139 ( Mount
Mount Albert is a prominent 2,552-metre (8,373-foot) mountain located in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. It is an isolated mountain situated at the head of Queens Reach of Jervis Inlet , 8 km (5.0 mi) northwest of Princess Louisa Inlet , in a remote wilderness area that few visit.
BC Parks Ellison Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia , Canada , located on the east side of Okanagan Lake to the south of the city of Vernon . [ 1 ] The park contains approximately 219 hectares (2.19 km 2 ) of land, 200 ha. of it upland, 19 ha. of it foreshore.
Named for a BC land surveyor Muir: 2,758: 9,049: High Rock Range Named for Canadian poet/songwriter Muir (Vancouver Island) 880: 2,887 Mumm: 2,962: 9,718: Park Ranges Named for English mountaineer who completed FA Mummery: 3,331: 10,928: Park Ranges → Freshfield Icefield Ranges Named for Albert F. Mummery who died on Nanga Parbat in 1895 ...
The Greater Vernon area is served by School District 22 Vernon, which provides school services for children in the area. [2] Its population was 67,086 at the 2021 census, a 5.7 percent increase from its population during the 2016 census, which was 61,324. [3] 44,519 of those that live in Greater Vernon are based in Vernon. [4]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he will rename Denali, Alaska natives' name for North America's tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th U.S ...
It is divided into two parts—the Nelson-Nelway Highway between the Canada–United States border and Nelson, and the Vernon-Slocan Highway between South Slocan and Vernon. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Highway 6 is a north–south highway between Nelway and the Needles Ferry and an east–west highway between the Needles Ferry and Vernon; [ 4 ] it has a total ...