Vaseux-Bighorn National Wildlife Area
49.2703° N, 119.5083° W
Vaseux-Bighorn National Wildlife Area, British Columbia. 49.2703° N, 119.5083° W
National wildlife area, 8.04 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/bc/vaseux-bighorn-national-wildlife-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.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 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).
Vaseux-Bighorn National Wildlife Area is a 8.04 km² national wildlife area 2.5 km south of Okanagan Falls, in British Columbia. It was established in 1979.
1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Vaseux Lake (2.83 km²).
- Area
- 8.04 km²
- Established
- 1979
- Named lakes
- 1
Conditions today
16.4 °C
Observed at Penticton, as of 3:00 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: Penticton (local forecast), as of 3:02 a.m. PDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:38 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:10 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:19 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:51 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:08 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:39 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
2 low risk
South Okanagan, as of 2:00 a.m. PDT
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaseux Lake | 2.83 km² |
Official record
- Designation
- National wildlife area
- IUCN category
- IV, Habitat/species management areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific Region
Names
- Réserve nationale de faune Vaseux-BighornFrench form
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