The Mission
South along the lake and up onto the bench: the beaches, the schools, the biggest views in the city and the longest drives to anywhere else.
3 neighbourhoods running south from Pandosy along the lake and up onto the bench above it. Lower Mission is the flat, mature, tree-lined part — beaches, the Mission Creek Greenway, and the schools that move families across the city. Upper Mission climbs the hillside behind it into newer detached housing with the biggest views in Kelowna. Kettle Valley, at the top, is a planned village with a design code, narrow streets and front porches, built from 1996 onward.
Two things to weigh before falling for an address here. The first is the drive: from the top of the Mission, downtown is a 20-minute trip that becomes considerably longer at rush hour, and there is no rapid transit — the household car count here is the highest in the city for a reason. The second is fire. The 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park fire destroyed 238 homes on this side of the city and burned to the edge of what is now built-up Upper Mission; the parkland that makes the views is the same parkland that carries the risk.
Kettle Valley
A planned village on the bench above the Mission — narrow streets, front porches and a design code — with the Myra-Bellevue trailheads at the top of the road.
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Lower Mission
The flat, leafy stretch between Pandosy and the Mission bench: the beaches, the Greenway, the schools people move here for, and the prices that come with all three.
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Upper Mission
The bench above the lake: newer detached houses, the biggest views in Kelowna, a long drive to everything, and the fire history that comes with living against the park.
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