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The namesake Okanagan Falls have long been submerged by the waters of Skaha Lake, which rose as a result of the construction of this small dam.The dam is located just south of the bridge along Highway 97 The dam is a vital component of the flood and irrigation controls of the region.
The Okanagan Valley is home to the Syilx, commonly known as the Okanagan people, an Interior Salish people who live in the valley from the head of Okanagan Lake downstream to near the river's confluence with the Columbia River in present-day Washington, as well as in the neighbouring Similkameen Valley and the Upper Nicola to the north of that ...
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.
English: Location map of British Columbia, Canada with highlight of Okanagan area Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 170 %. Geographic limits of the map: * N: 60.3° N * S: 48.1° N * W: 139.3° W * E: 113.7° W
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 .
McIntyre Bluff, officially called nʕaylintn since 7 August 2015, is a large ridge of rock, made of gneiss, [2] located south of Vaseux Lake between Okanagan Falls and Oliver in British Columbia, Canada. The bluff rises prominently over the surrounding valley and is one of the most well known landmarks in the Okanagan.
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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]