Welcome to the Similkameen Valley
British Columbia, Canada
Rugged. Rustic. Real.
As the temperatures get cooler and there is less daylight, the colors of Fall signal the change in season. Visit us this fall where wide open spaces and special places provide solitude and opportunities to reconnect with each other and the land.
Fall is ideal for outdoor activities and there are plenty of Things To Do and Places to Go.
Explore Princeton, Bronze Sculpture Capital of Canada, this self-guided walking tour will guide you throughout town.
Your hikes through Manning Park and China Ridge will be rewarded with splashes of colour as the larch, cottonwood and sumac start to turn gold and red amongst the pine trees, and migratory birds will be gathering to prepare for their journey down south.
Fall harvest with farm fresh choices from Keremeos, Fruit Stand Capital of Canada and Cawston, Organic Farm Capital of Canada are ideal at this time. Wine-taste and enjoy farm-to-table cuisine at vineyards, local restaurants, cideries, plus fruit soda and our only distillery.
The Similkameen Valley is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Similamix and Smelqmix People.
Official visitor website for the Similkameen Valley, British Columbia, Canada including Cathedral Park, Cawston, Chopaka, Coalmont, Eastgate, Hedley, Keremeos, Manning Park, Olalla, Princeton, Similkameen Valley, Tulameen and Twin Lakes.
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Getting Here
Getting Here Is Easy
The Crowsnest Scenic BC Highway 3 runs straight through the Similkameen Valley. Starting from the west exit from Hope, you will travel to Manning Park, then onward Princeton, followed by Hedley, Keremeos and Cawston. Further eastbound you will arrive at the junction of Highway 97 at Osoyoos and gateway to the Okanagan Valley in the Thompson-Okanagan Region of BC’s Interior. We are a 3-hour drive from Vancouver.
If you were to drive the valley from end to end, you’d cover 111 miles (180 km). Start at Manning Park in the west and end up at the BC Highway 97 junction in Kaleden (Hwy 3A) or Osoyoos in the east. How long it takes to drive it will be up to you, there is plenty to see and do!
What Does Similkameen Mean?
The Similkameen river and valley is named for its Indigenous people, the Similkameen, meaning “people of the river.”
Official visitor website for the Similkameen Valley, British Columbia, Canada including Cathedral Lakes, Cawston, Chopaka, Coalmont, Eastgate, Hedley, Keremeos, Manning Park, Olalla, Princeton, Similkameen Valley, Tulameen and Twin Lakes.
