Big White Mountain Ecological Reserve
49.7626° N, 118.9373° W
Big White Mountain Ecological Reserve, British Columbia. 49.7626° N, 118.9373° W
Ecological reserve, 9.53 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/bc/big-white-mountain-ecological-reserve/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- BC Parks protected areas, BC Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
- Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Big White Mountain Ecological Reserve is a 9.53 km² ecological reserve 34 km southeast of Rutland, in British Columbia. It was established in 1972.
- Area
- 9.53 km²
- Established
- 1972
Conditions today
12.6 °C
Observed at Kelowna, as of 6:00 a.m. PDT
Today: Cloudy. A few showers beginning this morning. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming northwest 20 late this afternoon. High 15. UV index 1 or low.
Weather: Kelowna (local forecast), as of 6:01 a.m. PDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:36 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:08 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:16 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:48 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:06 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:36 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
1 low risk
Central Okanagan, as of 5:00 a.m. PDT
Official record
- Designation
- Ecological reserve
- Park class
- Class N
- IUCN category
- Ia, Strict nature reserveInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Government of British Columbia
- Official website
- bcparks.ca