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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.
The Greater Vernon area is served by School District 22 Vernon, which provides school services for children in the area. [2] Its population was 67,086 at the 2021 census, a 5.7 percent increase from its population during the 2016 census, which was 61,324. [3] 44,519 of those that live in Greater Vernon are based in Vernon. [4]
The V postal code area is currently the most utilized in Canada, with only three of the 180 available urban FSAs not yet assigned. Canada Post provides a free postal code look-up tool on its website, [ 1 ] via its mobile apps for such smartphones as the iPhone and BlackBerry , [ 2 ] and sells hard-copy directories and CD-ROMs .
Highway 97E was designated in 1957 and replaced the original Highway 97A between Vernon and Salmon Arm. It went from the Highway 97/97W junction at Swan Lake, just north of Vernon, 47 km (29 mi) north to Salmon Arm where it continued west for 85 km (53 mi) to Monte Creek, cosigned with Highway 1, where it rejoined Highway 97/97W. [ 3 ]
The Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada.The Canada 2011 Census population was 81,237. The land area is 7,512.58 km 2 (2,900.62 sq mi).
BC Parks Ellison Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia , Canada , located on the east side of Okanagan Lake to the south of the city of Vernon . [ 1 ] The park contains approximately 219 hectares (2.19 km 2 ) of land, 200 ha. of it upland, 19 ha. of it foreshore.
[2] [3] Highway 6 is a north–south highway between Nelway and the Needles Ferry and an east–west highway between the Needles Ferry and Vernon; [4] it has a total length of 407 km (253 mi). [1] It first opened in 1941 and, aside from minor realignments along it's concurrences with 3 and 3A, its very winding path through the western Kootenays ...
Vernon-Lumby (previously Okanagan-Vernon from 1991 to 2009 and Vernon-Monashee from 2009 to 2024) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The riding's name was changed beginning with the 2024 election ; its boundaries had been adjusted as a result of the 2021 redistribution .