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Lake is the largest lake
in the Okanagan Valley extending over 135 kilometres long. At
one point Okanagan Lake is 5 kilometres wide. And because it is
such a large lake it is home to many water activities, sandy beaches,
parks, resorts and, even, the mythical Ogopogo monster.
The shores of Okanagan Lake border many communities
in the Okanagan Valley including Penticton
in the south, Summerland
and Peachland in the centre
and Kelowna in the north.
Okanagan Lake connects to Kalamalka Lake via
Vernon Creek in the north and in the south Okanagan Lake joins
to Skaha Lake via the Okanagan River Canal.
The lake includes three basins, islands and sandy
beaches. When visiting the lake people enjoy activities like swimming,
boating, fishing, water skiing, kayaking, canoeing, houseboating
and suntanning. There are boat launches on the lake. Most are
located in parks.
Some of the parks on the lake include the Okanagan
Lake Park, Okanagan Mountain Park, Ellison Park, Sun-Oka
Beach Park and Kickininee
Park . Some of the natural highlights on Okanagan Lake include
Whiskey Island, Rattlesnake Island, the bridge in Kelowna and
Squally Point.
How to Get to Okanagan
Lake:
Okanagan Lake is easy to locate as Highway #97
follows the shores of the lake, most of the way, from Penticton
to Kelowna, British Columbia in the Okanagan.
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Okanagan
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Okanagan
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