Signage at Kin Beach Park indicating the no-go zone around the work at the Canoe Bay Pump Station (photo by Liam Verster / Vernon Matters)

By Liam Verster

Worker and Recreator Safety

Boaters asked to be cautious around new pump station project

Aug 6, 2025 | 5:15 PM

People boating on Okanagan Lake’s north end are advised to be careful around the new Canoe Bay Pump Station.

The pump station being built at the north end of Kin Beach Park was ongoing Wednesday, August 6, with the Regional District of North Okanagan saying there had been some safety concerns in the area.

Those concerns mainly stemmed from recreational water skiers coming clos to the site, which has seen divers completing the instream environmental and infrastructure tasks, putting both the workers and recreators at risk of injury.

The RDNO reminds boaters to stay out of the 150 metre buffer zone established around the work area, adding this area is a no-go as well as a no-wake zone.

Buoys and signage have been installed around the are with lighting on lake piles to alert boaters, day and night, about the no-go zome. Signs have also been put up at Kin Beach and at the Paddlewheel boat launch.

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Signage at Kin Beach Park indicating the no-go zone around the work at the Canoe Bay Pump Station (photo by Liam Verster / Vernon Matters)

Heavy machinery out on Okanagan Lake used for the Canoe Bay Pump Station underwater work (photo by Liam Verster / Vernon Matters)

The work was ongoing as of Wednesday, though the RDNO noted that Tronson Road was scheduled to reopen between Kin Beach Park and Bella Vista Road at 5 p.m. Friday, August 8. That reopening will be followed by a closure of the intersection of Lakeridge Drive and Bella Vista Road starting August 9.

The new station is being built with the intended purpose of providing area agricultural properties with untreated water from the lake for irrigation.