Oliver BC. Sights, Activities, Events, Things to do in Oliver BC.

Okanagan Festivals and Events (Some Popular event links) Okanagan Wine Festivals Festival of the Grape Oliver Half Iron Man Meadowlark Festival Penticton Jazz Festival For more information on sights or events contact The South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce www.sochamber.ca Also visit the Town of Oliver Tourism site for more information www.winecapitalofcanada.com

Oliver Sights Activities Events

Welcome To Oliver And The South Okanagan Valley British Columbia

There are many things to do in Oliver BC. Oliver B.C. is The Wine Capital of Canada 60% of all B.C. premium wines are grown here. 20% of all Canadian premium wines are grown here. There are well over 20 Oliver area wineries. More than 4500 acres of premium grape vines are cultivated in this area. 12,000,000 bottles of wines are made from 18,000 tons of premium wine grapes produced annually. No place in Canada produces more! Oliver grown grapes consistently win more awards for Canadian wineries than grapes grown in any other place.

Try some wine tasting at your leisure, or take a wine tour. Here is a list of some of the

* Antelope Ridge * Black Hills * Blue Mountain * Burrowing Owl * Cassini Cellars * Castoro De Oro * * Chandra * Church & State * Desert Hills * Dunham & Froese * Fairview Cellars * Forbidden Fruit * * Gehringer Brothers * Hester Creek * Hidden Chaple * Inniskillin * Jackson-Triggs * La Stella * * La Vieux Pin Winery * Mayer Family Vinyards * Moon Curser * Nk'Mip Cellars * Noble Ridge Vinyards * * Oliver Twist * Quinta Ferreira * Road 13 * Rustico * See Ya Later Ranch * Silver Sage * * Stoneboat Vineyards * Tangled Vines * Tinhorn Creek * Twisted Tree * Wildgoose * Young & Wyse *

Beautiful British Columbia Championship Golf Courses Oliver has Two Incredible Golf Courses. Also Outside of Oliver B.C.

Bicycling & Hiking Trails * 18.4 km River Trail * 10 km Scenic Golden Mile Trail * The Oliver Heritage Walking Tour * The hills, backroads, and park lands, surrounding Oliver offer many other and cycling experiences

Water Activities * Oliver has a lovely for you to enjoy from May to September * There is Rotary Beach, a small public beach and park area at the south end of Tuc-el-nuit Lake. * You will find several small parks including the Kinsmen Playground and water park as well. * The South Okanagan Valley enjoys several lakes used for Recreation, and Good Fishing lakes just outside of Oliver.

Natural Sights, Gardens, and Farms * Enjoy a stroll down winding pathways at Linden Gardens 9 acre perenial garden north of Oliver * Visit a world class radio observatory north of Oliver at White Lake Dominion Astrophysical Observatory * Walk the marsh boardwalks and read the information boards while bird watching at world renowned Vaseaux Lake Bird Sanctuary * See the Desert Centre south of Oliver and stroll along its boardwalk * Visit Nk'mip Desert Cultural Centre in Osoyoos to discover the lands, and legends, of the areas' first nations people * Stop at Panchos Country Market at Covert Farms, and many Roadside Fruit Stands, where you can taste the variety of Fresh Fruit from the surrounding Orchards