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Lambly Creek

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Lambly Creek, also known as Bear Creek, is located in the Okanagan region of British Columbia. The creek flows into Okanagan Lake from the west, across from Kelowna. The canyon and mouth of the creek are protected by Bear Creek Provincial Park. Named Bear Creek in 1833 by botanist David Douglas, the stream was officially renamed Lambly Creek in 1922, after Charles Anderson Richardson Lambly (d. 1907), who had been a government agent in several towns in the BC interior. In 1876, gold was discovered in the Creek. The creek was mined for gold. Gold Nuggets with a $5 value have been recovered from the creek.

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Lambly Creek
Traders Cove Road, West Central Okanagan Electoral Area

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V1Y 9X9 West Central Okanagan Electoral Area
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Kelowna ( (listen) kə-LOH-nə) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna derives from the Okanagan word kiʔláwnaʔ, referring to a male grizzly bear.Kelowna is the province's third-largest metropolitan area (after Vancouver and Victoria), while it is the seventh-largest city overall and the largest in the Interior. It is the 20th-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city proper encompasses 211.85 km2 (81.80 sq mi), and the census metropolitan area 2,904.86 km2 (1,121.57 sq mi). Kelowna's estimated population in 2020 is 222,748 in the metropolitan area and 142,146 in the city proper. After many years of suburban expansion into the surrounding mountain slopes, the city council adopted a long-term plan intended to increase density instead - particularly in the downtown core. This has resulted in the construction of taller buildings, including One Water Street - a 36-storey building that is the tallest in Kelowna. Other highrise developments have already broken ground or been approved since then, including a 42-storey tower on Leon Avenue which will be the tallest building in the city, and among the tallest in B.C.Nearby communities include the City of West Kelowna (also referred to as Westbank and Westside) to the west, across Okanagan Lake; Lake Country and Vernon to the north; Peachland to the southwest; and Summerland and Penticton to the south.