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Snowy Protected Area

49.0803° N, 119.9151° W

Snowy Protected Area, British Columbia. 49.0803° N, 119.9151° W

Protected area, 257 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/snowy-protected-area/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • 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).

Snowy Protected Area is a 257 km² protected area 8.4 km southwest of Keremeos, in British Columbia. It was established in 2001.

Area
257 km²
Established
2001

Conditions today

15.8 °C

Wind ESE 3 km/h

Observed at Osoyoos, as of 12:00 a.m. PDT

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy near midnight. Wind south 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low 12.

Weather: Osoyoos (local forecast), as of 12:02 a.m. PDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:39 a.m.
Sunrise
7:11 a.m.
Sunset
6:21 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:53 p.m.
Moonrise
6:10 a.m.
Moonset
5:41 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

South Okanagan, as of 11:00 p.m. PDT Thursday

Official record

Designation
Protected area
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Government of British Columbia