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OSOYOOS

Story and Photos by

LEE A. WOOD

DRIVING EAST, TOWARDS OSOYOOS, ON HIGHWAY 3.

Do you recall the ads on TV where the little VW had boxes piled on top and had to stop for the low overpass.

There was no overpass, and the vehicle wasn't a VW, but this car reminded me of that ad.

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Highway 3, small car with something tall tied to the roof.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Highway 3, small car with something tall tied to the roof.)

One would assume that `Osoyoos' is an Indian name. And one would be right. Osoyoos, pronounced O-sue-use, comes from a tribe called `Okanagan'. The Okanagan Indian word means `the place where two lakes come together'.

Osoyoos is the name of the town and also the name of the lake. The lake is divided into two by an isthmus, or causeway.

Osoyoos, like many communities in Western Canada, and the North Western United States of America, owes its beginning to fur trading.

Now, the area's main industry is tourism, or agriculture, depending on whom you talk to.

DOWN THE HILL, TO OSOYOOS

THOUGH OFTEN REFERRED TO AS DESERT, OSOYOOS IS ACTUALLY A FEW MILES SOUTH OF THE WORLD'S SMALLEST DESERT.
THE ROAD DOWN, INTO TOWN, IS LONG AND WINDY, BUT NOT AS STEEP AND WINDY AS THAT ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Highway 3, between two banks.)
ENTERING THE OKANAGAN VALLEY
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Highway 3, between two banks.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Highway 3, between two banks.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Highway 3, between two banks, lake in the background.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Highway 3, lake & town, barren mountains in the background.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Highway 3, lake & town, barren mountains in the background, highway going up the mountain.)
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CENTER OF THE PICTURE,
YOU CAN MAKE OUT THE ROAD, UP THE CLIFF

OSOYOOS DESERT MODEL RAILROAD

ON THE FLATS, JUST BEFORE THE LAST DROP INTO OSOYOOS, ON HWY 3, IS A MODEL TRAIN DISPLAY, ALL DONE WITH EUROPEAN STYLE, HO GAUGE, TRAIN.

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Jin Mei & Bin on either end of a large sign.)
JIN MEI & BIN AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE TRAIN DISPLAY
(Osoyoos, B.C. - A building.)
ADMISSION IS ONLY $5. & WORTH EVERY PENNY
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Model Trains, mountains and river.)
THESE DISPLAYS ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Model Trains, mountains and town.)
MY FLASH GAVE A TERRIBLE COLOUR SHIFT
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Model Trains, mountains and town.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Model Trains, mountains, town, and large Ferris wheel.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Model Trains, mountains and train wreck.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Model Trains, mountains and ski hill.)

LAST DROP, TO OSOYOOS

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Highway 3, lake & town, barren mountains in the background.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Highway 3, motel and apple orchard.)
APPLE ORCHARD, THE FIRST OF MANY

SOUTH THROUGH OSOYOOS, ON HWY 97.
Only 2 Km. to the US state of Washington.

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Highway 97 passing between houses. Barren mountains in background.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Highway 97 passing between houses. Barren mountains in background.)

EAST THROUGH OSOYOOS, FROM HWY 97.
Only 1 Km. to the beach and a Provincial Campsite.

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Down hill, on a side street, past a vineyard.)
GRAPES ON THE VINE,
THE FIRST OF MANY VINEYARDS WE WOULD SEE
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Close up of grape vines.)

EAST THROUGH OSOYOOS, ON HWY 3.
The town centre is only 2 blocks long, well, maybe 4.

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Main street, stores on both sides.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Main street, stores on both sides.)

EAST THROUGH OSOYOOS, ON THE CAUSEWAY.
The road, passing over a small bridge, and lined on one side with resorts, splits the lake.

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Highway 3, water to the side of the road, barren mountains in the background.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Highway 3, water to the side of the road, barren mountains in the background.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Highway going past motels.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Highway going past lake.)
THIS IS A VERY PLEASANT PLACE TO GO
FOR A STROLL IN THE EVENING.
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Going past houses, mountains in the background.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Going past resort signs, mountains in the background.)

SOUTH FROM HWY. 3 ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE LAKE.

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Going past resort signs, mountains in the background.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Turning a corner, to avoid running into the lake.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Following the lake's edge.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Following the lake's edge, people in the water.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Following the lake's edge.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Between buildings.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Following the lake's edge.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Following the lake's edge, people on the beach.)

BROOKVALE HOLIDAY RESORT

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Street between RVs.)
THE STREET SPLITS THE RESORT
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Sign, Brookvale Resort.)
ONLY $22 FOR A TENT SPACE
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Camping spaces.)
LOOKING TOWARD THE STREET,
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Camping spaces.)
AND THE BEACH
(Osoyoos, B.C. - 2 ladies, setting up camp.)
MY EX-WIFE, MY WIFE
OUR TENT, OUR VAN
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Wife sitting in a chair, tents in the background.)
MY WIFE, JIN MEI, RELAXES IN THE NEIGHBOURS CHAIR.
DRUNKEN TEENS FROM LANGLEY AND MAPLE RIDGE,
KEPT US AWAKE MOST OF THE NIGHT
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Toys on the beach)
SOME RV SITES FRONT THE BEACH
(Osoyoos, B.C. - People on the beach.)

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Panorama of the lake, from the beach.)
LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS THE U.S.A. THE LAKE EXTENDS INTO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

NK'MIP DESERT CULTURAL CENTRE

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Panorama of the lake, from the centre, Jin Mei standing below Metal Statue.)
EAST OF TOWN, THE CULTURAL CENTRE OVERLOOKS THE LAKE

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Jin Mei standing below Metal Statue.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Jin Mei, & I, standing below Metal Statue.)
JIN MEI & BEAR
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Close up of plaque below metal statue.)

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Left, Panorama of the lake, & town from the cultural center.)

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Right, Panorama of the lake, & town from the cultural center.)

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Entrance sign for the cultural centre.)
(Osoyoos, B.C. - Cultural Centre, main building.)

(Osoyoos, B.C. - Panorama of the lake, & town.)
LOOKING EAST FROM HWY. 3

OSOYOOS WEATHER


The WEATHER NETWORK

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BROOKVALE
HOLIDAY RESORT
A FAMILY CAMPGROUND
(Nk'mip Logo.)
NK'MIP DESERT
CULTURAL CENTRE
(BC.eh Logo.)
B. C. EH!
Okanagan Travel
(City Logo.)
OSOYOOS
The Town Of,
(Desert Model Railroad Logo.)
OSOYOOS DESERT
MODEL RAILROAD

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