Vaseux Lake Provincial Park

Okanagan Valley


This lakeside park has a 300m boardwalk for viewing oodles of birds, bighorn sheep, mountain goats and some of the 14 species of bat. You can also hike to the Bighorn National Wildlife Area and the Vaseux Lake National Migratory Bird Sanctuary, which has more than 160 bird species.


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