2. /Columbia Encyclopedia
  3. /Places
  4. /United States, Canada, and Greenland
  5. /Canadian Political Geography
  6. / Vernon

Vernon

Vernon,city (1991 pop. 23,514), S British Columbia, Canada, near the north end of Okanagan Lake. The center of a fruit-growing and dairying area, it has packing and dehydrating plants. There are lumber mills, sawmills, and food processing plants in the district.

    The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia,6th ed. Copyright © 2023, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

    See more Encyclopedia articles on:Canadian Political Geography

    sandbbox logo
    ©2022 Sandbox Networks Inc. All rights reserved. Sandbox Learning is part of Sandbox & Co., a digital learning company.