Okanagan Lake is a lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The lake is 135 km (84 mi) long, between 4 and 5 km wide, and has a surface area of 348 km2.
Okanagan Lake
Okanagan Lake winds between Kelowna (foreground) and Westbank (background).
SS Okanagan, with the Duke of Connaught on board, 1912
sternwheeler Aberdeen on Okanagan Lake, sometime between 1893 and 1895
The Okanagan, also called the Okanagan Valley and sometimes the Okanagan Country, is a region in the Canadian province of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canadian portion of the Okanagan River. It is part of the Okanagan Country, extending into the United States as Okanogan County in north-central Washington. According to the 2016 Canadian census, the region's population is 362,258. The largest populated cities are Kelowna, Penticton, Vernon, and West Kelowna.
Vineyards of the central Okanagan Valley
View of McIntyre Bluff from Highway 97
Kalmalka Lake Provincial Park
Fintry Provincial Park