Fintry Park protects 360 hectares of the former Fintry Estate on the northwest side of Okanagan Lake, about 34 kilometres north of Kelowna and 49 kilometres south of Vernon. BC Parks describes heritage buildings, nearly two kilometres of waterfront, deep canyons, and Shorts Creek waterfalls.
The park offers frontcountry camping, group camping, beach recreation, and heritage interpretation.
Fintry combines Okanagan Lake camping with estate history, canyon hiking, waterfalls, paddling, fishing, and wildlife viewing. The former estate includes the Manor House, octagonal dairy barn, other farm buildings, gardens, remnant power generation, and irrigation systems.
The Shorts Creek canyon trail starts near the barn complex and climbs a staircase with handrails to viewing areas facing the two-tiered waterfall. Three wooden viewing platforms offer different views of the falls, canyon walls, Okanagan Lake, the Fintry Delta, and early irrigation remnants.
The waterfront supports swimming at a natural sand beach, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, waterskiing from the boat launch, windsurfing, and scuba-diving interest offshore. Wildlife viewers can look for birds, deer, bighorn sheep in higher areas, and kokanee spawning grounds in Shorts Creek.
Plan around camping, group camping, sand beach swimming, Shorts Creek waterfall hiking, viewing platforms, Manor House and barn history, paddling, Okanagan Lake fishing, waterskiing, windsurfing, designated pet beach use, and road cycling.
Stay on designated trails and away from steep canyon cliffs. Reserve camping when needed, leash pets outside the designated pet beach rules, check fishing and vessel restrictions, and use roadways only for bicycles.
