What is Okanagan Lake?
[[Image:OkanaganLake1.jpg|thumb|250px|Okanagan Lake]] '''Okanagan Lake''' is a large, deep [[lake]] in the [[Okanagan Valley]] of [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. The lake is {{convert|135|km|abbr=on}} long, between {{convert|4|and|5|km|abbr=on}} wide, and has a surface area of 348&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{Cite report |author = <!-- or |last= and --> |date = April 1974 |title = Limnology of the Major Lakes in the Okanagan Basin. Canada - British Columbia Okanagan Basin Agreement, Final Report, Technical Supplement V. |url = http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/studies/oklimnology.pdf |publisher = British Columbia Water Resources Service |location = Penticton, British Columbia |page = 46 |access-date = 2015-10-22 |quote = Okanagan Lake surface area: 348 * 10<sup>6</sup> m<sup>2</sup>. Dat compiled by the charts of the Fish and Wildlife Branch, Department of Recreation and Conservation, BC. |archive-date = 2016-03-04 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131730/http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/studies/oklimnology.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Stockner J.G. |author2=Northcote T.G. | year = 1974 | title = Recent limnological studies of Okanagan Basin lakes and their contribution to comprehensive water resource planning | journal = Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada | volume = 31 | issue = 5| pages = 955–976 | doi=10.1139/f74-111}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/nam/nam-51.html |title=Okanagan Lake |work=World Lakes Database |publisher=International Lake Environment Committee Foundation |access-date=2006-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051121093809/http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/nam/nam-51.html |archive-date=2005-11-21 }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{multistub|geo|Canada}} [[Category:Lakes of Canada]] [[Category:Geography of British Columbia]]