Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) system serves the Okanagan region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its administrative headquarters are in Kelowna. The system covers 59,000 square kilometers of area, and serves 360,000 people through 30 branches. ORL was founded in 1936. In 2013, the library held 3.2 million physical items. [2]
The University of British Columbia Okanagan (also known as UBC Okanagan or UBCO) is a campus of the University of British Columbia in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.. This campus is the research and innovation hub in the province's southern interior, in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley and home to over 11,978 undergraduate and graduate students. [1]
In Fall 2015, the Innovation Library - a collaboration between the UBC Okanagan Library and the Okanagan Regional Library - opened to support the Okanagan campus' students, faculty, and staff, as well as community researchers in the Okanagan. [11] The Innovation Library is located downtown in the Okanagan Regional Library's Kelowna Branch. In ...
Dry forest of Knox Mountain Park, just north of Kelowna. Semi-arid shrubland near Osoyoos. The Okanagan has a mild, relatively dry climate that varies depending on latitude. Most of the Okanagan lies within the rain shadow of the Cascade Mountains to the southwest. Areas in the north end of the valley receive more precipitation and cooler ...
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1908, it is the oldest university in British Columbia. With an annual research budget of $747.3 million, UBC funds 9,675 projects annually in various fields of study within the industrial ...
The UBC's Okanagan Campus (commonly referred to as UBC Okanagan and UBCO) is one of the University of British Columbia 's campuses located in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. The 209-hectare (516-acre) campus is the research and innovation hub in the province's southern interior, in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley and home to over 11,562 ...
West Kelowna, formerly known as Westside and colloquially known as Westbank, is a city in British Columbia 's Okanagan Valley on the west shore of Okanagan Lake. The city encompasses several neighbourhoods, including Casa Loma, Gellatly, Glenrosa, Lakeview Heights, Shannon Lake, Smith Creek, Rose Valley, Westbank, and West Kelowna Estates.
Okanagan Lake. 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Okanagan Lake winds between Kelowna (foreground) and Westbank (background). Okanagan Lake (Okanagan: kɬúsx̌nítkw) [ 3 ] is a lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The lake is 135 km (84 mi) long, between 4 and 5 km (2.5 and 3.1 mi) wide, and has a surface area ...