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Vaseux Protected Area

49.2629° N, 119.4464° W

Vaseux Protected Area, British Columbia. 49.2629° N, 119.4464° W

Protected area, 20.2 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/vaseux-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.
  • BC Parks protected areas, BC Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
  • 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 Protected Area is a 20.2 km² protected area 4.1 km south of Okanagan Falls, in British Columbia. It was established in 2001.

1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Vaseux Lake (2.83 km²).

Area
20.2 km²
Established
2001
Named lakes
1

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
6:37 a.m.
Sunrise
7:09 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 11:00 p.m. PDT Thursday

In the park

FeatureArea
1Vaseux Lake2.83 km²

Things to do

Activities

  • Hunting
  • Wildlife viewing

As listed by the park’s official page.

Official record

Designation
Protected area
Park class
Class N
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Government of British Columbia
Official website
bcparks.ca