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Westbank is one of the communities within the City of West Kelowna in the province of British Columbia. It is 12 km to the west of Kelowna. Other communities in West Kelowna include Casa Loma, West Kelowna Estates, Shannon Lake, Smith Creek, Glenrosa, Rose Valley and Lakeview Heights. Westbank sits to the south of West Kelowna.
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. As of ...
In July 2014, a 340 ha (840 acres) fire behind the West Kelowna subdivision of Smith Creek caused the evacuation of 3,000 people. In July 2015, a 560 ha (1,400 acres) fire near Shelter Cove caused the evacuation of 70 properties. In August 2015, a 130 ha (320 acres) fire burned near Little White Mountain, just south of Kelowna.
Ygdrasil is highly glaciated with glaciers radiating in all directions, most notably the Gothics Glacier to the north. Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the mountain drains to Kinbasket Lake via Smith Creek. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,200 metres (7,218 ft) above the lake in 9 km (5.6 mi). [citation needed]
Smiths Creek (Deep River tributary), a stream in Lee County, North Carolina; Smith Creek (Crow Creek), a stream in South Dakota; Smith Creek (Virginia), a tributary of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River; Smith Creek (Coal River), a stream in West Virginia; Smith Creek (Guyandotte River), a stream in Cabell County, West Virginia
Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,800 metres (5,905 ft) above Smith Creek in 5 km (3.1 mi) and 1,500 metres (4,921 ft) above Swan Creek in 4 km (2.5 mi). Sentinel Peak is located south of the Bill Putnam hut which makes the peak an excellent ski mountaineering destination. [ 6 ]
Kelowna Lamb Creek fire 11,882 Southeast [4] McGillvray fire 10,979 Kamloops 2004 ... Junction of Smith and Liard Rivers fire 23,182 Prince George Kelly Creek fire
Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located in the Okanagan Highland east of Kelowna. [3] It was established to protect the full elevational range of the North Okanagan Basin and North Okanagan Highlands ecosections .