1. Wilson Landing
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Wilson Landing - After Harold FitzHarding Wilson, who settled here in 1900. |
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2. Winfield
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Winfield - Formerly Alvaston, but renamed after Winfield Lodge, the home of Thomas Wood, justice of the peace and rancher, who settled here in 1871. |
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3. Carrs
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4. Fintry
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5. Killiney Beach
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6. Lake Country (District) / Wood Lake
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Wood Lake - This should be Wood's Lake. It is named after Thomas Wood, who in 1871 established a large ranch on the eastern shore of this lake. |
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7. Nahun
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Nahun - This name is derived from an Okanagan Indian word referring to the cliffs in the area. |
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8. Okanagan Centre
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9. Osprey Lake
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10. Oyama / The Commonage / Kalmalka Lake
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The Commonage - In 1876 a joint Dominion Provincial Indian Reserve Commission set aside this land, between Okanagan Lake and Kalamalka Lake, for pasturage to be shared by Indians and whites in common. |
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11. Pixie Beach
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12. Woodsdale
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13. Agate (Kelowna, 18km)
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14. Bear Creek Park (Kelowna, 18km)
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15. Benvoulin (Kelowna, 18km)
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When George G. McKay laid out the townsite here around 1891 in the hope that it would become the southern terminus of the Shuswap and Okanagan Railway, he named it after his home in Scotland. |
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16. Braeloch (Kelowna, 18km)
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17. Browne Lake Park (Kelowna, 18km)
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18. Caesars (Kelowna, 18km)
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After Henry Caesar, pioneer Okanagan settler and tugboat captain. |
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19. Cedar Grove (Kelowna, 18km)
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20. Crescent Beach (Kelowna, 18km)
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21. Duck Lake 7 (Kelowna, 18km)
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22. East Kelowna / Belgo Creek (Kelowna, 18km)
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The Belgo-Canadian Fruit Lands Co., incorporated in 1909, built an irrigation dam here. |
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23. Ellison (Kelowna, 18km)
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24. Gellatly (Kelowna, 18km)
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Gellatly - After David Erskine Gellatly, who arrived in the Okanagan in 1893, settling near Peachland. |
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25. Kelowna (City) / Mount Dilworth / Ellison Lake / Guisachan / Joe Rich Creek / Klo Creek / Knox Mountain / Lambly Creek (Kelowna, 18km)
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Mount Dilworth - After John Dilworth (18501917), a Manitoba farmer who served in the Red River Rebellion, later farmed near here, and became a Victoria alderman. |
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26. Lakeview Heights (Kelowna, 18km)
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27. McCulloch (Kelowna, 18km)
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McCulloch - After Andrew McCulloch (1864-1945), general superintendent from 1918 to 1933 of the Kettle Valley Railway (part of the CPR). As chief engineer, he located and constructed the line between Hope and Midway, a great achievement. |
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28. McKinley Landing (Kelowna, 18km)
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29. Medicine Creek 12 (Kelowna, 18km)
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30. Mission Creek 8 (Kelowna, 18km)
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31. Myra (Kelowna, 18km)
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32. Okanagan Mission (Kelowna, 18km)
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Okanagan Mission - Was founded by Father Charles Pandosy, OMI, in 1859. It was the first permanent white settlement in the valley. Once one enters the United States, Okanagan becomes 'Okanogan.' |
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33. Osoyoos Division Yale Land District (Kelowna, 18km)
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34. Postill (Kelowna, 18km)
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35. Rutland (Kelowna, 18km)
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Rutland - After John Rutland, who came from Australia and established a wheat farm here in the 1890s. |
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36. Traders Cove (Kelowna, 18km)
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