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Vaseux-Lake Migratory Bird Sanctuary

49.3085° N, 119.5462° W

Vaseux-Lake Migratory Bird Sanctuary, British Columbia. 49.3085° N, 119.5462° W

Migratory bird sanctuary, 5.59 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/vaseux-lake-migratory-bird-sanctuary/, 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.
  • Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources 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).

Vaseux-Lake Migratory Bird Sanctuary is a 5.59 km² migratory bird sanctuary beside Okanagan Falls, in British Columbia. It was established in 1923.

2 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Skaha Lake (19.5 km²).

Area
5.59 km²
Established
1923
Named lakes
2

Conditions today

18.4 °C

Partly CloudyWind SE 19 km/h

Observed at Penticton, 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: Penticton (local forecast), as of 12:05 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
6:09 a.m.
Moonset
5:39 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

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

In the park

FeatureArea
1Skaha Lake19.5 km²
2Vaseux Lake2.83 km²

Waterfalls

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Official record

Designation
Migratory bird sanctuary
Managed by
Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific Region

Names

  • Refuge d’oiseaux migrateurs Vaseux-LakeFrench form