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2 unusual facts about Okanagan Lake


Kelowna Memorial Arena

The "Memorial Arena" is the centre of Downtown Kelowna, right beside Okanagan Lake.

Kelowna Rockets

Since 2000, their uniforms have featured a logo resembling the legendary Okanagan Lake monster, Ogopogo.


SS York

SS York was a small steamer that was used to haul freight on Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake.

William R. Bennett Bridge

Completed on May 25, 2008, the bridge replaced the older Okanagan Lake Bridge built in 1958 to link Downtown Kelowna to West Kelowna across Okanagan Lake as part of Highway 97.


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William R. Bennett Bridge

On April 21, 2005, Premier Gordon Campbell officially renamed the bridge from the Okanagan Lake Bridge to William R. Bennett Bridge in honour of former Premier William Richards Bennett, a native of Kelowna.