Oliver, Okanagan Valley, B.C., Canada

Oliver, British Columbia is a southern Okanagan Valley community surrounded by fruit orchards, fruit stands, local wineries, farmlands, ranchlands and rolling desert hills. The arid climate of the community produces vineyards and orchards producing rows on rows of grapes and apples, plums, cherries, pears, apricots, and peaches.

The downtown shops and stores include restaurants, coffee houses, retail stores, grocery stores, gas stations, library, accommodations and just about everything else a traveler requires when staying in Oliver, BC. The gravel access roads, outside of town, lead to dirt biking, horseback riding, mountain biking and hiking trail. Not far, is Mount Baldy, a ski hill in the winter and a biking and hiking destination in the summer.

Oliver, BC sits in a sunbelt. It is a community enjoying, mostly, great weather conditions year round because it is surrounded by the Sonora Desert (Canada's only desert). Venture into the backcountry and the rolling sand dunes, sagebrush and cactus flourish. It is a desert environment popular for activities like horseback riding, atving, dirt biking, mountain biking and hiking.

The Community of Oliver, like most of the communities in the Okanagan Valley is situated on and near a few lakes. Oliver is on the shores of the Tuc-el-Nuit Lake and, not far away, is the Mahoney, Vaseux and Gallagher Lakes. Activities like boating, water skiing, fishing, swimming, beach lounging and canoeing are enjoyed on the lakes in the Oliver area.

Oliver is the self proclaimed "Wine Capital of Canada". It is important to know there are wineries spread throughout the whole Okanagan Valley. It is because of the rich valley soil, sunlight and, the many, local wine experts living in the Okanagan Valley earning many of the local vineyards awards and international recognition.