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The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) is in southern British Columbia, adjacent to the U.S. state of Washington.It is bounded by Fraser Valley Regional District to the west, Thompson-Nicola Regional District and Regional District of Central Okanagan to the north, Regional District of Kootenay Boundary to the east, and by Okanogan County, Washington to the south.
Inkaneep Provincial Park is a provincial park near Oliver, British Columbia, Canada, located just south of the town of Okanagan Falls. [2] The park contributes to the protection of critical riparian values on the Okanagan River. The park is popular with naturalists, particularly bird-watchers.
The list of provincial parks of the Okanagan contains the provincial parks located within this geographic region of the province of British Columbia. It includes parks from the three regional districts of Central Okanagan , North Okanagan and Okanagan-Similkameen .
Oliver is a town near the south end of the Okanagan Valley in the southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, with a population of nearly 5,000 people.It is located along the Okanagan River by Tuc-el-nuit Lake between Osoyoos and Okanagan Falls, and is labelled as the Wine Capital of Canada by Tourism British Columbia. [4]
The falls have since been submerged beneath the lake due to the construction of a dam on the river. [3] [4] In 2012, Okanagan Falls expressed interest in incorporating as a municipality, [5] and in December 2020 the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen approved a study on incorporating the community as a municipality. [6]
Mahoney Lake is a meromictic saline lake located near Okanagan Falls in British Columbia, Canada. [1] It was established as an ecological reserve to preserve a southern interior saline lake, possessing unique limnological features in 1972. [2]
Okanagan Falls Provincial Park was created in 1956. In 2015, the park was renamed to reflect the traditional Okanagan place name for the area. sx̌ʷəx̌ʷnitkʷ means “little falls.” This place name signifies a connection to the historic Kettle Falls in Washington state.
South Okanagan—Similkameen National Park Reserve is a proposed national park reserve in the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen of British Columbia.The goal of the park is to work with the local First Nations to protect a large patch of Okanagan dry forests and part of the northern reach of the Columbia Plateau ecoregion in Canada.