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West Kelowna, formerly known as Westside and colloquially known as Westbank, is a city in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley on the west shore of Okanagan Lake. The city encompasses several neighbourhoods, including Casa Loma, Gellatly, Glenrosa, Lakeview Heights , Shannon Lake, Smith Creek, Rose Valley, Westbank , and West Kelowna Estates.
Tsinstikeptum Indian Reserve No. 9 is located six miles southwest of Kelowna proper, adjacent to McDougall Creek. [1] The reserve is 641.80 ha in area. [ 2 ] The southernmost portion of the reserve lies on the shores of Okanagan Lake .
Westbank sits to the south of West Kelowna. Westbank was for many years an unincorporated area within the Central Okanagan Regional District. In December 2007, following a governance referendum, it became a neighbourhood within what is now the City of West Kelowna. It has no legal borders since it is a neighbourhood and opinions vary as to ...
Trepanier Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. [2] This 2,884-hectare (11.14 sq mi) park is roughly 24 km west of Kelowna.. Trepanier Provincial Park was established on April 18, 2001, to protect important water, biodiversity and recreation values, including the Trepanier Creek drainage.
[1] [2] East Pit is part of the Cherry Hinton Pit biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, which excludes Limekiln Close but includes the neighbouring West Pit. [3] [4] The two parts of the site are both former chalk quarries. East Pit is surrounded by steep walls of chalk, and the base is wildflower grassland with areas of scrub.
According to West Mathison, the president of Stemilt and a fifth-generation cherry grower, the wonderful thing about cherry pitting is you don’t really need the fanciest tool to be able to pop ...
Cherry pits contain concentrated amounts of a substance called amygdalin that can be extremely dangerous when consumed. “Amygdalin is a compound that interacts with enzymes in your saliva to ...
The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, representing two unincorporated Electoral Areas of Central Okanagan East and Central Okanagan West, along with the member municipalities of the City of Kelowna, City of West Kelowna, the District of Lake Country, the District of Peachland, and Westbank First Nation.