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Penticton has low precipitation, hot summer days with cool nights, and moderately cool, mostly cloudy winters. With 346.0 mm (13.62 in) of annual precipitation, [26] Penticton is the fourth driest city in Canada. [27] It averages 58.7 cm (23.1 in) of snowfall per year. Penticton has the mildest winter of any non-coastal city in Canada. [28]
Penticton-Summerland is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. Previously the district was named Okanagan-Penticton from 1991 to 2001, Penticton-Okanagan Valley from 2001 to 2009 and Penticton from 2009 to 2024.
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The Okanagan River rises in southern British Columbia, issuing out of the southern end of Okanagan Lake, which is on the north side of the city of Penticton.It flows south past Penticton, through Skaha Lake, past Okanagan Falls, through Vaseux Lake, and past Oliver to Osoyoos and Osoyoos Lake, which spans the Canada–United States border and has its outlet into the Okanogan River at Oroville ...
SS Sicamous is a large, four-decked sternwheeler commissioned by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and was built by the Western Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company for Okanagan Lake service between the fruit communities of Penticton, and other towns of Kelowna and Vernon, British Columbia.
Penticton Herald is a local newspaper in Penticton, British Columbia, founded in 1906 by W. J. Clement. It was first known as Penticton Press and later changed to Penticton Herald in 1910. The Herald also publishes the Entertainment NOW TV Guide and Showcase Real Estate Guide. [1] [2] It is owned by Continental Newspapers.
It has a 6,000 by 148 ft (1,829 by 45 m) runway aligned 16–34, and served approximately 80,000 passengers in 2011. The airport has a restaurant, car rentals, weather office, Canada Customs, forestry air tanker base, helicopter base, and administrative buildings. It has seen two accidents and incidents throughout its history.
The Okanagan Game Farm opened on June 22, 1967, after a group of thirty shareholders agreed to invest $200,000 in the Farm on 270 hectares of land leased from the Penticton Indian Band in the small community of Kaleden, British Columbia. [2] At one time, the Okanagan Game Farm had over 130 species of animals, with a head count of over 1,200.