Fintry is a small community in
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...
, Canada. It lies on the west shore of
Okanagan Lake
Okanagan Lake () is a lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The lake is long, between wide, and has a surface area of 348 km2 (135 sq. mi.).
Hydrography
Okanagan Lake is called a fjord lake as it has been carved o ...
, north of the city of
Kelowna
Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan, Okanagan Valley in the British Columbia Interior, southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna ...
, and south of
Vernon. It has about 50 homes and is at the bottom of a three kilometre steep windy road off West Side Road. There are a few public beaches as well as a provincial campground.
Shorts Creek, once known as the Elk River and Rivière à la Biche, is a medium sized stream that runs through the middle of the community.
The creek is named after Captain
Thomas Dolman Shorts, a ship captain for the
Canadian Pacific Railway Lake and River Service steamboats on Okanagan Lake who was the first non-native to land at the creek and the surrounding area.
Fintry Falls, accessed via a steep stairway, is located in a small
canyon
A canyon (; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency t ...
where Shorts Creek drops into the town toward the lake.
See also
*
Fintry Provincial Park
References
External links
Fintry Map
{{Okanagan communities
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
Populated places in the Regional District of Central Okanagan
Populated places on Okanagan Lake
Populated places in the Okanagan Country