K VERNON

A. Outboard Waterfront Pub - With its great food, this is the area’s newest waterfront pub and restaurant. Equipped with public moorage with friendly staff. (778) 475-5981

1. Ewing – Named Marden’s Landing in 1890, it was changed to Ewing after Robert Leckie Ewing.

2. Killiney Regional Beach (Killarney) – It was named after “The Hill Of Killarney” in Dublin by Harry Percy Hodges in 1903. Four equally spaced trees present conjoining beach openings. There is a marked swimming area south of the boat launch.

3. Private beaches and docks - no beaching.

4. Okanagan Forest Park – Campground, fire pits, picnic tables, pebble shore, and beaching. A trail leads north up to private beaches. There is a public boat launch and six mooring buoys at the south end.

5. Private summer and year round cabins and homes for 1.6 km north and south from here. Please respect private properties.

6. Private beaches and docks north of the point - no beaching.

7. Cable sign on shore with private beaches to the north and south.

8. Parker Cove – North of Whiteman Creek is a private boat launch with a large dock and a small beaching area. Further north is Parker Cove Pooch Beach large private docks.

9. Old wharf – Pilings extend some 60 metres off shore. There are some beaching areas to the north but use caution - shallow waters.

10. Rocky shores for 400 m on both sides. Some beaching areas but beach with care - shelter from north winds.

11. Rocky shores with three small beaching areas.

12. Adventure Bay – There are private beaches and docks east of the light - shelter from north winds.

13. Beachcomber Bay – Private beaches and docks, some beaching at the end of the bay, a boat launch east - shelter from north winds.

14. Kinsmen Beach Park – On June 14, 1909, sixty members of the Okanagan Mountain Rifles, plus members of the Armstrong Infantry Corps, went into their first summer Military Camp.

15. Private beaches and docks west of the Vernon Yacht Club.

16. Paddlewheel Park – A nice park with a boat launch, a tennis court and a beach. Watch for swimming areas.

17. Vernon Yacht Club – (250-545–5518). Member moorage only - power, water, showers and pump out facilities. Members wanted.

18. Okanagan Landing – In 1886, Captain T.D. Shorts launched the Okanagan’s first steamer. The first passenger steamer (1892) was the sternwheeler S.S. Aberdeen, and the year 1936 ended an era as the S.S. Sicamous steamed in from her last voyage.

19. Private beaches with a small boat launch in the centre.

20. Some beaching under the hill slide - shelter from south winds.

21. Camp Hurlburt – Private cabins, beaches and a dock - shelter from south winds.

22. Cameron Point – Private beaches with a small boat launch to the east. There are red spar buoys on each side of the point identifying drying rocks. Pebble beaches lie just south of the private docks.

23. Otter Bay – Underwater dive park - Watch for swimming area - shelter from south winds. There are three mooring buoys plus two large diving buoys; one is for the Dive Dome at 10 m, and one is for the Bobby Mackenzie Boat which is positioned 20 m underwater. You may also find: a 12 m tug boat, a small row boat, and a 4 m boat at 5 m.

24. Ellison Park – Playground, amphitheater, 6 km of walking trails, 50 picnic tables and Canada’s only fresh-water dive park with sunken artifacts. Overnight beaching is allowed on the sandy beaches in the south bay. Watch for steep drop-offs outside the buoys and along the rocky edges. Five mooring buoys are provided.

25. Beautiful bay with shelter from north winds - avoid private beaches and docks. Beautiful rock formation in this area.