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Vernon is a city in the Okanagan region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is 440 km (270 mi) northeast of Vancouver . Named after Forbes George Vernon , a former MLA of British Columbia who helped establish the Coldstream Ranch in nearby Coldstream , the City of Vernon was incorporated on 30 December 1892.
Greater Vernon is a conglomeration of municipalities centred on Vernon, British Columbia, which is a city in the Okanagan region of Canada. The metropolitan area includes Vernon itself, in addition to Coldstream, as well as Coldstream's neighborhood of Lavington. The Greater Vernon area is served by School District 22 Vernon, which provides ...
Vernon Vipers ( BCHL) (2001–present) Kal Tire Place, formerly known as Wesbild Centre and Vernon Multiplex, is a 3,006 seat multi-purpose arena located in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. There is an additional standing room capacity of 500. It was built in 2001 as an upgrade over the aging Civic Arena and became the home ice surface of the ...
Silver Star Mountain Resort (Silver Star) is a ski resort located near Silver Star Provincial Park in the Shuswap Highland of the Monashee Mountains, 22 km northeast of the city of Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. Silver Star's snow season runs from late November to mid-April, weather permitting. Silver Star provides summer lift access for ...
Lumby was originally known as White Valley, however it was renamed to honour Moses Lumby (1842–93) following his death in 1893. He had a varied career throughout his life, including serving as a government agent in Vernon, British Columbia and Vice-President of the Shuswap and Okanagan Railway. [6]: 157. The community was previously home to ...
236, 604, 672, 778. The Lower Mainland is a geographic and cultural region of the mainland coast of British Columbia that generally comprises the regional districts of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Home to approximately 3.05 million people as of the 2021 Canadian census, [a] the Lower Mainland contains sixteen of the province's 30 most ...
Valemount is a village municipality of 1,018 people in east central British Columbia, Canada, 320 kilometres (200 mi) from Kamloops, British Columbia. It is between the Rocky, Monashee, and Cariboo Mountains. It is the nearest community to the west of Jasper National Park, and is also the nearest community to Mount Robson Provincial Park, which ...
The Vernon Regional Transit System provides bus service to destinations in Vernon, Coldstream and the North Okanagan area of British Columbia, using fully accessible low floor transit buses. [ 3 ] This transit system is responsible for all local full-service and handyDART public bus transportation, in cooperation with the provincial agency BC ...