Kelowna is the largest city in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley with a population of 98,000. Surrounded by green forested mountains merging with lush orchards and vineyards overlooking the sparkling waters of 82 mile long Lake Okanagan..

Kelowna has an average of 2,000 hours of sunshine a year, with average temperatures varying from 0° C (32° F) in January to 27.9° C (88.2° F) in July. In mid-summer, 1/3 of the season's days are considered tropical in temperature (temperatures greater than 30° C or 85° F). Elevation is 344 metres or 1129 feet.

Pioneering in Kelowna and the Okanagan Valley. 

Click on any of the images below to view a larger image. Courtesy of Kelowna and Vernon Museums and Pioneer Postcards.

South side of Main Street, Kelowna, BC (1909)	Bernard Ave, Kelowna (1907)
Ogopogo	In June 1892 a branch line named the Shuswap-Okanagan was completed.
Crew at work on a section of what is now known as Highway 97. (1911)	In June 1892 a branch line named the Shuswap-Okanagan was completed.
Early Tobacco farm in the Okanagan.	Workers on Tobacco Farm in the Okanagan.
The Rock Cut at Vaseux Lake, between OK Falls and Oliver, BC in 1913.	Ducklake Ranch near Kelowna. Crew stand proudly in front of a giant hay stack.