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The Nk'Mip Desert Culture Centre (Okanagan [n̩kʼəˈmip]; conventional English pronunciation respelling "in-ka-meep") is an interpretive centre in Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada, It is owned and operated by the Osoyoos Indian Band and is approximately 3 km (2 mi) north of the Canada–United States border. It is situated within a semi-arid ...
The Osoyoos Desert Society, a non-profit society founded in 1991, maintains the Osoyoos Desert Centre, a 67-acre nature interpretive facility 3 km (2 mi) north of Osoyoos off Highway 97. The Osoyoos Lake Water Quality Society – which focuses on the impact and relationship of the South Okanagan shrub-steppe ecosystem with Osoyoos Lake – is a ...
The band's Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre (pronounced “in-Ka-meep”) is located on the east side of Osoyoos. The centre gives tours in the arid region (similar to desert, but actually shrub-steppe) and explains the uniqueness of the plant species found there.
Firefighters worked to contain the Nk’Mip Creek wildfire burning near Oliver, British Columbia, as officials reported on July 27 that the blaze had reached 6,800 hectares.This footage, posted to ...
Osoyoos is situated on the east-west Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3) with a significant ascent out of the Okanagan Valley in either direction. The Crowsnest headed east begins with an 18 km (11 mi) switchback up the flank of the Okanagan Highland with a 685 m (2,247 ft) rise to the mining and ranching region of Anarchist Mountain, which is part of the Boundary Country (the stretch of rising ...
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South Okanagan—Similkameen National Park Reserve is a proposed national park reserve in the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen of British Columbia.The goal of the park is to work with the local First Nations to protect a large patch of Okanagan dry forests and part of the northern reach of the Columbia Plateau ecoregion in Canada.
Osoyoos Desert Centre: Osoyoos: Okanagan-Similkameen: Natural history of the Okanagan Desert, 67-acre nature interpretive facility, operated by the Osoyoos Desert Society Rathtrevor Beach Nature House: Parksville: Nanaimo: Seasonal programs, located in the 347-hectare Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park and operated by RLC Park Services Richmond ...