Okanagan Falls Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia

Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. S end of Skaha Lake, between Penticton and Oliver, Similkameen Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

Okanagan Falls: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Okanagan Falls

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Okanagan Falls

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Okanagan Falls Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Okanagan Falls

References to Okanagan Falls that document the origin of its place name

Okanagan Falls (Post Office) adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 420A, Kettle River. Form of name changed to Okanagan Falls (Community) 28 February 1983 on 82E/5. See Okanagan Lake for name origin information.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

"(Dogtown), at south end of Skaha (Dog) Lake, 12 miles south of Penticton. Subdivision plan registered by Okanagan Falls Townsite Co., October 13, 1893. Okanagan Falls Post Office was opened 1 February 1899; John McLellan, PM." (12th Report of the Okaanagan Historical Society, 1948)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
included with note  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01