Thompson-Okanagan
The Thompson-Okanagan is a region in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada. It encompasses wineries and fun-in-the-sun Okanagan Valley, summer boating adventures on Shuswap Lake in the east and the pretty Thompson River valley to the north.
Regions
| Okanagan
Centered on the 155km long Okanagan Lake. |
| Similkameen
Less touristed and developed, home of two remote mountain parks. |
| Shuswap
Shuswap Lake is the epitome of cottage country. |
| Thompson-Nicola
Includes the Nicola River valley in the south and follows the North Thompson River to its source in Wells Gray. |
Cities
- Kamloops - the city sits on the border of both smaller regions.
- Kelowna - largest city in the British Columbia Interior, fast growing and very livable
- Merritt - home of the annual Mountainfest country music festival
- Osoyoos - quite often the hottest spot in Canada in the summer
- Penticton - the summer tourist trade doubles this city's population
- Princeton - home of several copper mines
- Salmon Arm - largest city in the Shuswap.
- Sicamous - houseboat capital of British Columbia
- Vernon - northern terminus of the regions fruit tree and wine industry
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Penticton is a beautiful spot in the south
Okanagan nestled between two lakes: The 155km long Okanagan Lake to the north, and the smaller Skaha Lake to the south.
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