Everywhere you look there are people of all ages outside enjoying the sunshine. I have put together a Guide to Popular Kelowna Gyms for you here. A few long-term residents remember a time when Kelowna was a small town, with the look, feel, and namely, the traffic of a small town. Today, however, traffic is another story. As Kelowna has grown, the traffic has gotten a lot more congested, especially in the Summer.
If you aren't familiar with the busiest roads, you might get stuck in traffic during peak hours. Alternatively, Kelowna's Bike Lane Network is incredible and features nearly kilometres of on-street bicycle lanes and an extra 40 km of separated paved multi-use paths. However, when a city is growing like Kelowna, it is going to go through growing pains. City planners with the direction of a very growth-minded City Council are doing their best to support the current growth as well as planning for the next 20 years.
Known for its hot summers and temperate winters and is quickly becoming another great BC food destination. Using the freshest local ingredients, Kelowna's top chefs bring you creative menus that will keep you coming back. A few of my local favourites include. The Okanagan is known for its great wines and vineyards, so naturally, many Wineries around Kelowna have become home to world-class restaurants with million-dollar views. With its steady growth, Kelowna has a lot to offer professionals looking to relocate or medical staff that want to enjoy the Kelowna Lifestyle.
To give you an idea of the employment situation in Kelowna, here are a few of the biggest industries :. Its common knowledge that Kelowna has some of the best weather in Canada. Summers in Kelowna are typically warm and dry while winters can be a little cloudy but usually above zero. In general, it is one of the warmest cities in Canada with a yearly average high temperature of The nightlife and arts scene is often a factor for people when deciding to move to a new city.
The good news is there are plenty of things outside of the weather that will keep you entertained. Here are a few ways that you can spend your free time in Kelowna:. No matter the time of the year, you'll find a show, festival or cultural event to enjoy. Booking a visit in advance is highly recommended, as it means the archives volunteers can find the information you need, ahead of your visit.
To book a visit, or to learn more please call: Sign Me Up! Historic and Geographic Information about Penticton and the Okanagan Valley Map of Penticton Area at the turn of the 20th Century, shortly after the first stern wheeler was launched onto Okanagan Lake. We apologize for the outdated terms used in this illustration.
Map Showing: the position of the Lake shore goldmine, the old Kelowna trail, the site of the first hotel and jail, first nations land use including villages, hunting areas, salmon fishing camps. Map by N. L Barlee with input from R. Elevation of the water: Low-water: ft. Reduced precipitation and greater elevation of the coastal area equates to notable change in vegetation. Instead of dense coastal forests, the interior has open park-like stands of pine interspersed with spruce and cottonwood.
Interior Plateau is only a plateau in the sense that it consists of a non-mountainous area. Average elevation is 3, ft. Topography consists of rolling hills and some flat, level plains. Due to elevation and dryer atmosphere the climate is similar to the continent east of the Rockies.
Temperatures are extreme in both summer and winter with considerable snowfall. The 2 zones merge abruptly at Okanagan Falls.
He mentioned the extreme irregularity of the surface of the area in dispute, and he mentioned that the obstruction of the navigation of its rivers, the removal of which was hopeless, made the possession of the vast country of no advantage to either side and not worth striving for.
He also noted that there were no valuable minerals worth considering! About as forbidding as any country on the face of the earth. Their part was to give safe and comfortable service into the mountain valleys for the settlers. This device would carry times the load normally carried. Horse and donkey pack trains were a favorite. Other animals on the trail would flee from the camels and this caused some legal trouble between animal owners.
The valley was settled north to south. This occurred in two waves: first, ranchers preempted land to begin cattle farms to service the mines in the Yale-Cariboo district, and second, wheat farmers, followed by the second sons of British aristocratic families, began to move to the Okanagan to harvest fruit crops. The first orchard was planted at Okanagan Mission in when the Oblates planted a number of apple trees. In and settlers such as George Whelan and Alfred Postill began planting orchards in the Kelowna area.
Much of the land most suitable for orchards was part of properties used for cattle ranching. The miners and Fairview [20] and Camp McKinney provided a market for farms in the South Okanagan, but it was not big enough to supports farms in the north.
Freight rates on the CPR were too expensive for farmers to afford sending their produce to other parts of Canada, notably the Prairies. In , John Moore Robinson began promoting and selling land at Peachland to be used as fruit farms to farmers from the prairies. Pooley, E. Carruthers and T. Stirling formed the Kelowna Lands and Orchard Co.
In , many of the new orchards had come into bearing which resulted in a heavy fruit crop; unfortunately, this coincided with another heavy crop from Washington and Oregon which flooded Canadian markets. The Perfect Long Weekend Itinerary. Fall Hiking. Family Fall Adventures. Golden Larch Season is a Photographer's Dream.
Delectable Farm-to-Table Restaurants. Nordic Skiing. Ski Resorts. Winter in Wine Country. Winter Weekend in Kelowna with Kids.
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