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Okanagan SOUTH OKANAGAN B.C. Provincial Parks Natural and Cultural Values South Okanagan offers everything for the park visitor looking for a place to swim, take a boat ride, or just relax in the bright Okanagan sunshine. There are activities for the entire family, including cycling, wildlife and bird watching, hiking and enjoying the beach. Features of the area include: • Bear Creek Park, in the Central Okanagan Basin, on the west side of Okanagan Lake, features lakeside camping, over 400 metres of sandy beaches and five kilometres of spectacular, well-marked hiking trails. A picturesque canyon has been carved into the bedrock by Bear Creek tumbling onto a cottonwood-lined delta. • Sun-Oka Beach Park, just south of Summerland, is one of the most superb beaches in the entire Okanagan. The name is shortened version of “Sunny Okanagan.” The park provides outstanding beach, water play and picnic opportunities as well as fantastic views down Okanagan Lake. • Skaha Bluffs Park provides a variety of recreation opportunities including hiking, rock-climbing and wildlife viewing while also protecting habitat for a variety of species at risk. World-class climbing opportunities are found at Skaha Bluffs. • Myra-Bellevue features the dramatic escarpment of Little White Mountain, the scenic Myra Canyon, a number or existing trails and the historic Kettle Valley Railway, with its trestles and tunnels. The park is extremely popular for cyclists. Attendance and fees for each park represented in the Okanagan SOUTH OKANAGAN agreement. Park Types Number Attendance Attendance Attendance Attendance Camping Sani-station Revenues Park Name on Map Day-Use/yr Boating/yr Overnight/yr 3 yr Average Fees Fees 3 yr Average The parks in this bundle are frontcountry 1 Bear Creek 117,555 730 51,075 188,140 $30.00 $5.00 $412,339 with camping areas, excluding Kickininee, 2 Inkaneep – – 1,331 1,383 $16.00 – $5,174 Sun-Oka Beach, Myra-Bellevue and Skaha 3 Kickininee 219,064 – – 236,895 – – – Bluffs, which are day-use only. 4 Okanagan Falls – – 11,690 11,884 $21.00 – $61,428 5 Okanagan Lake 145,390 1,520 62,048 196,855 $11–30 – $486,811 6 Okanagan Mountain – 822 – 641 $11.00 – $1,856 Tourism Region 7 Sun-Oka Beach 119,410 3,325 – 116,854 – – – 8 Vaseux Lake 33,292 – 4,717 36,806 $16–30 $19,162 Thompson Okanagan 9 Skaha Bluffs 24,516 – – 23,120 – – – 10 Myra-Bellevue 115,024 – – 86,816 – – – Major facilities in the Okanagan SOUTH OKANAGAN agreement indicating routine maintenance and/or training requirements.Cariboo Thompson Northern Vancouver, Coast Vancouver Kootenay Number of Flush Toilet and/or Water Treatment Day-Use Park Name Reservation Boat LaunchSouthPlayground Okanagan and Mountains Island Rockies Campsites Shower Buildings System Area Bear Creek Yes 122 Yes – both Complex Yes No Yes Inkaneep No 7 No Simple No No No Kickininee No – Yes Simple Yes Yes No Okanagan Falls Yes 25 No Simple No No No Okanagan Lake Yes 169 Yes – both Complex Yes Double, paved Yes Okanagan Mountain No 7 No No Yes No No Sun-Oka Beach No – Yes Simple Yes No Yes Disclaimer: The information in this package Vaseux Lake No 12 No Simple Yes No No is representational only and may have Skaha Bluffs No – No No Yes No No discrepancies from the information in the RFP. 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