News Items tag as: Strathcona Park

Kelowna buys lakeshore property for $5.3M to expand park
January 14, 2021 - 10:44 AM

The City of Kelowna has bought a waterfront property on Abbott Street for $5.3 million with plans to use it to expand a park in the future.
Unknown archeological find shuts down work on a Kelowna lakefront walkway
May 26, 2020 - 6:30 PM

Work on a long-sought pathway along Okanagan Lake began in February but only lasted a week.
A bigger, better Strathcona Park in the works
December 30, 2014 - 8:33 AM

KELOWNA – A proposal to replace an old house on Abbott Street could mean the public finally has access to a currently inaccessible part of Strathcona Park.
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Penticton property owners facing $33M bill for new water system fight back
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Kelowna buys lakeshore property for $5.3M to expand park