Welcome to Okanagan Mission ...
Although we found mention of Okanagan Mission during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> We believe that Okanagan Mission had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..
We've added Okanagan Mission to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Okanagan Mission, please Contact Us.
Okanagan Mission was established circa 1860.
The origin (or the toponymy) of Okanagan Mission: Okanagan Mission was founded by Father Pierce Richard, Father Charles Pondosy and Brother Surel.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Okanagan Mission might be (or was) located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP), PDT- Heure Avancée du Pacifique (HAP).
We believe that Okanagan Mission would be found within the (250) and (778)<2> area codes.
Communities near Okanagan Mission ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Okanagan Mission.
- Kelowna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Summerland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peachland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- West Kelowna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Kelowna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Kelowna came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kelowna
- Westbank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbank
- Myra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Rutland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rutland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Chute Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chute Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chute Lake
- Traders Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Okanagan Mission ...
Looking for more information about Okanagan Mission? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Okanagan Mission, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Okanagan Mission.
Adding Okanagan Mission to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Okanagan Mission was on a map titled Map of British Columbia (from Gulf Refining, 1925).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Okanagan Mission.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Okanagan Mission and then turned east". While Okanagan Mission could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Okanagan Mission as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Okanagan Mission could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Area code (778) is an overlay for area code (250). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |