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Juliana Loewen lives in Kelowna - a larger twin city of West Kelowna on the eastern shore of Okanagan Lake.

Evacuations were also being carried out north of nearby Kelowna, a city with a population of about 150,000 also on Okanagan Lake.

Juliana Loewen, a Kelowna resident who is not currently under evacuation orders, is huddling with more than a dozen other people at her home on Okanagan Lake.

Rent an e-bike at Freedom Bike Shop and ride the Kettle Valley Rail Trail, where you’ll roll past vineyards and high above Okanagan Lake.

Okanagan Lake is British Columbia’s beach resort, so late summer and autumn are the best times to miss those crowds.