Kalamalka Lake - 30 Minutes Drive From Downtown Kelowna
Kalamalka Lake is a fantastic lake for renting a boat from Easy Boat Rentals in Kelowna - we'll bring the boat right to you. With great beaches, amazing scenery, two provincial parks and amazing coloured water you'll be in boating heaven! Kalamalka Lake is connected to Wood Lake by a water canal, so you can take your boat rental to that lake too! Just meet us there, we'll bring the boat right to you!
Kalamalka Lake is a large lake in the Interior Plateau of southern central B.C., Canada, east of Okanagan Lake and approximately 20 km north of Kelowna. The lake is named for the Okanagan (Okanogan U.S. spelling) Indian chief who occupied its northern shores.
At different times of the year the colour of the lake can range from cyan to indigo, in different spots at the same time. The colour of the water is derived from light scattering, caused by the precipitation of calcite (CaCO3).
Kalamalka Lake is also a home too many great beaches; Kal beach and Cosens Bay Beach, which lies right in the heart of Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park, are two of the popular beaches developed on the shores of the lake. Some of the other beaches on this lake are Jade Bay Beach, Juniper Bay Beach, Kekuli Bay Beach, Kirkland Park Beach, and on the south end, Kaloya Regional Park Beach.
Two provincial parks are situated along Kalamalka Lake Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park and Kekuli Bay Provincial Park.
There are many resorts on the lake, including Owl's Nest Resort, Klub Kal, and more. Kal Lake receives very little fishing pressure as the Lake is used mostly for recreational boating and water skiing.
Kalamalka Lake is a glacial lake that flows into the well-known Okanagan Lake.
Kalamalka Lake Near Kelowna, British Columbia has a unique colour due to it's calcite content
