LAKE KALAMALKA

Posted by Anne (White Rock, Canada) on 3 October 2007 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

When in Vernon, if you climb up the road, heading for the Silvar Star Ski Resort, you can see, down in Vernon, the end of both lakes - the Okanagon and the Kalamalka. The Okanagon valley is just over the other side of the hills behind me standing here. The Kalamalka lake is in the Coldstream valley. The Okanagon is big - stretching from Penticton BC to Vernon, a distance of some 75-80 miles. However, I think the Kalamalka is the more beautiful of the two!, The Kalamalka has the most beautiful color. On the ride from Vernon, south to Kelowna by the side of the lake, it changes in hue - from blue, to aqua and emerald green. due to glacial silt. The Kalamalka is not comparable in size to the Okanagon Lake - but it is still a fair size - it ends just before reaching Kelowna BC, almost an hour's drive from Vernon.

Well! I am back and missed being away so long due to ill health. It was a bit of a struggle to find energy to stay on my computer and post. My daughter Lesley and her husband Robin, gave me this wonderful gift of a cruise to Alaska and Lesley and I had a whale of a time! I could just live on that ship - absolutely wanted for nothing! Hope to hear from you all! Don't know how much I can get around posting comments - so will probably have to keep them brief - but will try to get around as much as I can! Thanks to all my friends for their good wishes!

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Comments (8)

shahab from qazvin, Iran

Magnificent!!!Really beautiful !Just a bit mush exposured,need more contrast to be perfect!

3 Oct 2007 9:52am

@shahab: Hi shahab! Thanks for your critique! I altered the contrast (the exposure was OK - my photos mostly are taken in RAW - so have to process them, and I had copied my processing settings in Lightroom from one photo to another, for speed, without tweaking the contrast in this one). I do like it myself better with the contrast altered. I have re-uploaded the 2nd version - see if you like this one better! :-)

kairospix from Singapore, Singapore

beautiful capture of a beautiful lake!

3 Oct 2007 11:32am

badala from Leiria, Portugal

A piece of paradise.

3 Oct 2007 4:13pm

Wolfgang Prigge from Canada

It's not for nothing you call it "Beautiful British Columbia"!

3 Oct 2007 6:46pm

Takiyah from Snellville, United States

Beautiful scene!

3 Oct 2007 7:00pm

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

I love Kalamalka!! Would it not be paradise to live by it?! Lovely shot of this amazing lake!

4 Oct 2007 12:31am

@amy: Hi Amy! Thanks for your second opinion on the next picture! That one was taken from Winfield, looking the other way up the lake. This one is the one with the amazing turquoisy lake color! I've altered this one too, to give it a bit more punch! My son should think he is in heaven living in Coldstream - the bunch of houses seen here at the end of the lake is where Nigel and Sharon live. Too tiny on here, but on the left side of the houses about 1 row up is their house.l They have a tremendous view of the lake from living, dining room, master bedroom and a huge deck which extends from the back of the house and across over the double garages on the lower level. They are up a hill so their view is just beautiful! :-)