Regional District of Central Okanagan Regional District
Incorporated as Regional District of Central Okanagan August 24 1967.
Mapped Location
Regional District of Central Okanagan: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Regional District of Central Okanagan
- Feature Type: Regional District
- Regional District Administrative Centre: City of Kelowna
- Established: Thursday, August 24, 1967
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Regional District of Central Okanagan
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
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| Regional District of Central Okanagan | Official |
A Selected Bibliography of Regional District of Central Okanagan, Regional District
A compilation of essential readings detailing the history, geography, and culture of the region.
The Kelowna story an Okanagan history by Sharron J. Simpson
The Kelowna Story is a comprehensive full-length history of the largest metropolitan centre outside BC's Lower Mainland, a labour of love by a leading local historian whose family roots have been entwined with Kelowna's for five generations. It embraces the full sweep of central Okanagan history, starting with the days of the S-Ookanhkchinx, who enjoyed a largely peaceful existence along the shores of the lakes and rivers before the earliest explorers came to trade, followed by Father Pandosy and his Okanagan Mission in 1859. It was the mission that attracted Kelowna's first homesteaders, soon followed by cattle ranchers and orchardists, and much later by the empire-builders like the Bennett family who paved the way for today's budding metropolis. Author Sharron J. Simpson believes "history is best told through the stories of ordinary people," while allowing today's readers may not think it 'ordinary' to walk over mountain ranges to collect mail, or consider it 'ordinary' to climb into a narrow irrigation pipe to scrape the rust off the inside as it runs up and down the hillsides, or to row freight from one end of Okanagan Lake to the other. "In their time," she writes, "those who did extraordinary things were simply doing what needed to be done to get ahead. Their stories are fascinating and tell of the remarkable investment early settlers made in this community."
320 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
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Regional District of Central Okanagan
- Benvoulin
- Braeloch
- Caesars
- Carrs
- Cedar Grove
- East Kelowna
- Ellison
- Ewing
- Fintry
- Gellatly
- Glenrosa
- Greata
- City of Kelowna
- Killiney Beach
- District of Lake Country
- Lakeview Heights
- McCulloch
- McKinley Landing
- Myra
- Nahun
- Okanagan Centre
- Okanagan Mission
- Oyama
- District of Peachland
- Pixie Beach
- Rutland
- Traders Cove
- Trépanier
- City of West Kelowna
- Westbank
- Westside
- Wilson Landing
- Winfield
- Woodsdale
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2016-08-28