Christie Memorial Park provides a popular swimming and beach area on the south shoreline of Skaha Lake in the town of Okanagan Falls. The 3-hectare park protects a small portion of Skaha Lake foreshore and offers great views up the length of Skaha Lake.
Park activities include fishing, paddling, canoeing and kayaking, waterskiing and windsurfing. Rock climbing is available at the Skaha Bluffs north of the park on the east side of Skaha Lake, accessed from Penticton.
Facilities at this popular day-use/picnicking area include toilets, change rooms, a drinking water fountain, and numerous cement picnic tables on paved pads set amongst shade trees. There are no camping facilities at the park
Formerly a provincial park, Christie Memorial Park is located in the town of Okanagan Falls, at the corner of 7th Street and Cedar Avenue off Highway 97.
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Note
This park is a Regional Park/Municipal Park under the administration of the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen, and does not fall under the jurisdiction of Parks Canada (National Parks) or the BC Ministry of Environment (BC Parks).
