Kelowna Hotels
Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a native term for "female grizzly bear."
Hotels in the city of Kelowna are required to cater for people who need some accommodation in the city for short periods. Some may want a luxury hotel or a cheap hotel. Some tourists may want to visit the region to the see ski resorts that have been in the region. Some may want to see ther lake, or the cultural or sporting venues. Some may want to visit the city or for study, culture, entertainment or to see the tourist attractions. Some may want a hotel that can offer easy access to where they want to see in the city. Some may want a hotel with good transport links or with a good view of the city. Some may be visiting the city of tourism or for study or for work.
Nearby communities include Westside to the west across the lake, Lake Country and then Vernon to the north, Westbank and then Peachland to the southwest and further to the south, Summerland and Penticton.
French Roman Catholic missionaries arriving in 1859 were the first Europeans to settle at Kelowna, a place they dubbed "L'anse au sable" (Bay of Sand) in reference to the sandy shoreline. Kelowna was officially incorporated in 1905.
The service industry employs the most people in Kelowna, the largest city in the tourist-oriented Okanagan Valley. In summer, boating, golf, hiking and biking are popular, and in winter, both Alpine skiing and Nordic skiing are favorite activities at the nearby has been the Big White Ski Resort and Silver Star Ski Resort. Kelowna has produced wines that have had a worldwide reputation. Vineyards have been common around and south of the city where the climate has been ideal for the many wineries. Notable ones have included the Mission Hill Estate Winery, specifically for its unique architectural design.
For years, only one major highway passed through the city of Kelowna: Highway 97. The road itself is good, but its connections to all points east and west in the province were only managed by using the slow, curving Trans Canada Highway and the Crowsnest Highway.
Kelowna International Airport (IA is a Canadian airport located approximately 10 minutes or 6.2 NM northeast of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on Highway 97.
Venues
and attractions in the are have included or still include
Prospera Place
Apple Bowl
Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art
Rotary Centre for the Arts
Kelowna Art Gallery
Kelowna Community Theatre
Kelowna Museum
Kelowna Marina on Okanagan Lake
Capital News Centre
Kelowna Farmers Market
Kasugai Gardens
Summerhill Pyramid Winery
Kettle Valley Railway (Myra Canyon Trestles)
Knox Mountain Hillclimb
Sport sides in the city include or have included ;
Kelowna Rockets - Western Hockey League (Winners of the 2004 Memorial Cup)
Okanagan Sun - Canadian Junior Football League (Winners of the 1988 and 2000 Canadian
Bowl)
Okanagan Challenge - Pacific Coast Soccer League
Kelowna Falcons
- West Coast Collegiate Baseball League
Kelowna Wilderness - Outdoor Basketball
Association
Located
near Kelowna on the west shore of Okanagan Lake, Mount Boucherie is the remnants
of a former stratovolcano. Mount Boucherie is named after Isadore Boucherie, a
farmer, stock-raiser, and an early settler to both Rutland and the west side of
the lake. In the late 1880's, Isadore purchased the land which is still known
today as Boucherie Ranch, and the mountain behind the ranch still carries his
name.
The William R. Bennett Bridge is a bridge in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. Completed on May 25, 2008, the bridge was built to replace replace the older Okanagan Lake Bridge built in 1958 to link downtown Kelowna to Westside across Okanagan Lake.
Okanagan Lake, also known as Lake Okanagan, is a large, deep lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. The lake is 135 km long, between 4 and 5 km wide, and has a surface area of 351 km². The lake's assumed maximum depth is 232 meters near Grant Island (also called "Whiskey Island" or "Seagull Island" by locals), but the lake possibly goes much deeper under the shelves. Some areas of the lake have up to 750 meters of glacial and post-glacial sediment fill which were deposited during the Pleistocene Epoch. The lake is composed of three basins, a larger North basin, a central or mid basin, and a Southern basin. To the North the lake is joined to Kalamalka Lake by Vernon Creek, and in the South it is joined to Skaha Lake by the Okanagan River. Notable features of the Okanagan Valley include terraces which were formed due to the periodic lowering of the lake's predecessor, Glacial Lake Penticton. These terraces are now used extensively for agriculture such as fruit cultivation.
The Okanagan also known as the Okanagan Valley and sometimes as Okanagan Country is a region located in the Canadian province of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canadian portion of the Okanagan River. The name derives from an Okanagan language word S-Ookanhkchinx meaning "Transport toward the head or top end".[citation needed] The region is known for its dry, sunny climate, arid landscapes and lakeshore communities and particular lifestyle. The economy is retirement and commercial-recreation based, with outdoor activities such as boating and watersports, snow skiing and hiking.
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