Dogtown
| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: |
Not official
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| Relative Location: | S end of Skaha Lake, between Penticton and Oliver, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°20'59"N, 119°34'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Okanagan Falls (Dogtown), at south end of Skaha (Dog) Lake. Subdivision plan registered by Okanagan Falls Townsite Company, 13 October 1893. Okanagan Falls Post Office was opened 1 February 1899..." (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948) Source: included with note |