Okanagan Centre, British Columbia

This article is about the neighbourhood. For electoral district, see Okanagan Centre.

Okanagan Centre is a neighbourhood and formal ward within Lake Country, British Columbia, Canada. It is on the east shore of Okanagan Lake to the north of Kelowna and just northwest of Winfield, another wards of the District of Lake Country.

History

Okanagan Centre was originally designated as a "post office, steamer landing and settlement" in 1930, then revised in 1951 to "post office and steamer landing", and it was designated a "community" in 1983.[1] Okanagan Centre was incorporated to the district municipality of Lake Country in 1995.

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Coordinates: 50°03′00″N 119°27′00″W / 50.05000°N 119.45000°W / 50.05000; -119.45000

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