Welcome to Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
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Penticton summary
Penticton is a city in south central British Columbia, Canada between Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake. Its 2006 population was 31,909 (41,574 in the greater area). The
name Penticton is derived from a word in the Salish language, and it is roughly translated as "a place to stay forever". Penticton is the home of the Dominion Radio
Astrophysical Observatory, Canada's only radio telescope array. It is also the sister city of Ikeda, Hokkaido, Japan.
Penticton's primary economic strengths are tourism, wine production and fruit orchards. Penticton hosts many world famous events annually, among them the Canadian Ironman
Triathlon, the Okanagan Wine Festival, the Penticton Peach Festival, the Pentastic Hot Jazz Festival, and the "Elvis Festival" which was featured in the Summer 2006 issue
of British Columbia Magazine.
Penticton is home to recreational opportunities such as skiing at the Apex Mountain Resort ski area, boating and fishing on Skaha Lake and Okanagan Lake, golfing on one of
the area's many courses, hiking or biking the Kettle Valley Railway Trail, and sport climbing at Skaha Bluffs. Penticton is home to the BCHL hockey team Penticton Vees who
play throughout the winter months, as well as the PCSL soccer team Penticton Pinnacles, who play from May until July.
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In September 2006, residents voted 80.3% in favour of the construction of the South Okanagan Event Centre. The $73 million arena, sports complex and convention centre could
possibly serve as a summer or early fall training facility for the Vancouver Canucks as well as the home of the BCHL's Penticton Vees, so named in honour of the senior hockey
team that in 1955 won the Ice Hockey World Championships. It will likely boost the city's convention market and become a popular stop on concert tours and for other special
events.
Penticton is the hub of wine tourism in the Okanagan Valley with access to 88 wineries within an hour's drive. Nearby Naramata Bench will have 23 wineries by the end of 2007.
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The Kettle Valley Railroad(KVR) Trail Network—with trail heads leading to more than 160 km of flat, railbed trails for hiking and biking adventures—can be accessed from Penticton.
This trail is part of the Trans Canada Trail.
Penticton has a temperate, semi-arid climate and averages slightly more than 300 mm (12") of precipitation annually. Penticton has very warm summers (daytime temperatures above
30 °C are commonplace, but humidity is low and nights are cool). Winters are brief with mean daily temperatures averaging just below freezing for about 8 weeks out of the year.
The average daily maximum remains above zero the entire year. Penticton is sheltered from cold Arctic air in winter by the surrounding mountain ranges, making blizzards and
freezing rainstorms very rare. In addition, the frost-free season averages more than 140 days a year.
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