WEST KELOWNA TO PEACHLAND – TRAIL 2000 / GOATS PEAK PARK

Trail 2000 – connecting into Peachland

https://www.bclocalnews.com/news/connecting-communities-one-trail-at-a-time-in-the-okanagan-valley/

Goats Peak Park open to the Public (Sept 2019)

https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Okanagan/Goats_Peak_Regional_Park_officially_open_to_the_public/

https://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/west-kelownas-new-goats-peak-park-opening/

http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article_a101d774-da96-11e9-ab44-878c5f5afe50.html

Longer Term plans to extend from Goats Peak to Whitworth (Sept 2019)

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/why-you-can-only-look-at-okanagan-lake-from-a-new-regional-park/it66143

Goats Peak park to open next year (Dec 2018)

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/major-link-in-westside-waterfront-trail-system-set-to-open-next-year/it58203

Wine Trail set to open

https://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/west-kelowna-wineries-ready-for-boucherie-road-wine-trail-to-be-complete/

District of West Kelowna Recreational Trails Masterplan (2013)

https://www.westkelownacity.ca/en/city-hall/resources/Documents/Recreational-Trails-Master-Plan.pdf

PEACHLAND TO SUMMERLAND:  FUR BRIGADE TRAIL AND GARNET VALLEY

Discussions regarding cross-border hiking and biking pathway (January 2020)

http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article_b9a74bfa-36fe-11ea-8366-0f05d48f18a5.html

April 2018

https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/sports/news/Cycling/Dream_of_interconnected_cycling_trails_across_Okanagan_Valley_lives_on/

Linear Park to connect Summerland to Peachland (March 2018)

http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article_a7fd9bfa-3117-11e8-9294-8b551d2a1ea1.html

Upgrade proposed for Fur Brigade Trail (2017)

https://www.summerland.ca/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2019-03-06-cycling-master-plan-final.pdf?sfvrsn=cebf3fb_0

Historic Route to become part of Trail (2016)

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/historic-route-could-become-part-of-okanagan-valley-trail/it28942

SUMMERLAND TO PENTICTION

Phase 1 to start construction (2015)

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/new-trail-first-step-in-connecting-summerland-to-penticton/it20085

Links:

Summerland Cycling Masterplan (2019)

https://www.summerland.ca/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2019-03-06-cycling-master-plan-final.pdf?sfvrsn=cebf3fb_0

PENTICTON

 City of Penticton lake to lake cycling planning (June 2019)

https://www.penticton.ca/EN/meta/city-news/news-archives/2019-archives/planning-starts-on-lake-to-lake-cycling-route.html

VASEUX LAKE

Trail Gaps big obstacle

https://www.osoyoostimes.com/trail-gaps-are-biggest-obstacle-to-cycle-tourism/

Vaseux Lake crux in Osoyoos to Penticton Trail

https://www.pentictonwesternnews.com/news/vaseux-lake-crux-in-osoyoos-to-penticton-trail/

GELLATLY BAY TRAILS AND PARKS SOCIETY

http://www.westsidetrails.ca/

OKANAGAN RAIL TRAIL – VERNON TO KELOWNA:

Rail Trail Waterfront Link update  Dec 8, 2019

http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article_1de975ea-1a10-11ea-96b5-6f19cc3f8b9c.html

Master Plan being prepared for the Rail Trail  Nov 2019

https://www.lakecountrycalendar.com/news/master-plan-being-prepared-for-okanagan-rail-trail/

New Paving on Part of the Rail Trail in Kelowna

http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/life/article_db428df4-e075-11e9-9059-db0089f24460.html

Links:

Trail Website:

https://okanaganrailtrail.ca/

RDNO Rail Trail updates

http://www.rdno.ca/index.php/services/recreation/greater-vernon-parks-recreation-culture/parks-trails/okanagan-rail-trail-work

SICAMOUS TO OSOYOOS

May 2019

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/we-are-so-close-to-a-rail-trail-connecting-osoyoos-to-sicamous/it62538

SHUSWAP NORTH OKANAGAN RAIL TRAIL – SICAMOUS TO ARMSTRONG

Sicamous to Armstrong Trail could open by 2022  (April 2019)

http://www.shuswapnorthokanaganrailtrail.ca/

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/sicamous-to-armstrong-rail-trail-could-open-by-2022/it61730

Grant Funding in place 2019

https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/grant-funding-moves-sicamous-to-armstrong-rail-trail-along/

Purchase of the Rail Corridor (Jan 2018)

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/discontinued-rail-line-between-armstrong-and-sicamous-purchased-for-public-use/it49299

Project Website:

http://www.shuswapnorthokanaganrailtrail.ca/about/

Information Session for the Rail Trail from Sicamous to Armstrong 2019

https://www.saobserver.net/news/information-sessions-planned-for-north-okanagan-rail-trail/

Display boards from the information session 2019

http://shuswapnorthokanaganrailtrail.ca/userfiles/file/19%2011%2018%20Open%20House%20Display%20Board%20-%20Layouts%20-%20UPDATED.pdf

Shuswap North Okanagan (Sicamous-to-Armstrong) Rail-Trail – PRELIMINARY CONCEPT DESIGN REPORT  July 2019

http://shuswapnorthokanaganrailtrail.ca/userfiles/file/19%2011%2018%20Open%20House%20Display%20Board%20-%20Layouts%20-%20UPDATED.pdf

RAIL TRAIL – ARMSTRONG TO VERNON

Purchase of the Rail Corridor part of a larger network (Jan 2018)

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/recent-purchase-of-old-cp-rail-corridor-one-piece-of-a-much-larger-trails-network/it49322

TRAILS BC

https://trailsbc.ca/

TRAIL LINK TO WASHINGTON STATE

Discussions regarding cross-border hiking and biking path

http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article_a0a3278a-6dec-11ea-b7be-8bd626758734.html

https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/okanagan-groups-look-to-connect-first-nation-trails-across-us-canada-border/

http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article_b9a74bfa-36fe-11ea-8366-0f05d48f18a5.html