Okanagan is a place.
The region stretches northwards via the Spallumcheen Valley to Sicamous in the Shuswap Country, and reaches south of the CanadaUnited States border, where it continues as Okanogan County
 The fastest-growing industries in the Okanagan today are real estate, tourism accommodations and services, and retirement-driven real estate development as well as the ripping up of orchards and their replacement by wineries and vineyards

