okanaga valley

Title: okanaga valley
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okanaga valley

Come with us as we explore British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, located in the province's southern interior. It is a region ripe with fruit, culture and great Canadian scenery. The name Okanagan is the English reference given to the Interior Salish First Nations tribe who first settled in the valley. Derived from a Salish term translated roughly as place of water. Click on a topic to find out more about this vibrant region. Lying 400 kilometres east …showed first 75 words of 2356 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 2356 total…sightings over the years, and the fever has resulted in suggestions that the Ogopogo is a cousin of "Nessie," Scotland's Loch Ness Monster. Penticton (pop: 33,000) Penticton's Salish name was Phthauntac, or "ideal meeting place." It then became Pen-tak-tin, or "place to stay forever." In the southern Okanagan, Penticton lies near the junction of highways 3 and 97, between Okanagan and Skaha Lakes. It is a half-day drive from Vancouver and a full day from Calgary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** walter

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