{"id":14773,"date":"2014-03-13T18:34:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T23:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=14773"},"modified":"2021-10-17T05:44:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T10:44:19","slug":"canada-pocket-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/canada-pocket-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s Pocket Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Canada allegedly contains exactly one lonely desert, or maybe none at all. It depends on who you consult. They&#8217;ve also coined various names for the anomaly known colloquially as &#8220;Canada&#8217;s Pocket Desert&#8221; including Okanagan, Osoyoos and Nk&#8217;mip. Whatever the designation, it&#8217;s located adjacent to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osoyoos.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Town of Osoyoos<\/a> in southern British Columbia. So it sits just north of the United States border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Claim<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chancelrie\/24169713530\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1695\/24169713530_740ec11d19_b.jpg\" alt=\"Osoyoos. Photo by Adriana W. Van Leeuwen; (CC BY-NC 2.0)\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Osoyoos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of it might be marketing hype. Osoyoos (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/VtpXwYZeaKTsitKUA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>) registered a trademark for its motto, Canada&#8217;s Warmest Welcome\u00ae in 2008. It stated via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osoyoos.ca\/content\/press-release-osoyoos-officially-trademarks-canadas-warmest-welcome-brand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a> that it &#8220;was a play on the fact that Osoyoos has the country\u2019s warmest climate and lake&#8221;. Also, the town tourism website made the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destinationosoyoos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claim<\/a>. It alleged &#8220;Canada&#8217;s only true desert&#8221; and noted &#8220;very little rain or snow (12 inches or 30.5 cm a year).&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Choice of Centres<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m28!1m12!1m3!1d38468.120713497694!2d-119.51219556280824!3d49.04108780214709!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m13!3e6!4m5!1s0x5482c488f9193b71%3A0x7e32fdcffa6b246d!2sOsoyoos%20Desert%20Centre%2C%20146%20Avenue%2C%20Osoyoos%2C%20BC%2C%20Canada!3m2!1d49.053743999999995!2d-119.52019899999999!4m5!1s0x5482c5d6ca47711d%3A0x2785a838e1da81ab!2sNk'mip%20Desert%20Cultural%20Centre%2C%201000%20Rancher%20Creek%20Road%2C%20Osoyoos%2C%20BC%20V0H%201V6%2C%20Canada!3m2!1d49.0412015!2d-119.43415329999999!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1634466796389!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The area even included two distinct Desert Centres. The nonprofit Osoyoos Desert Society operated its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desert.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Osoyoos Desert Centre<\/a> on the western side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;The South Okanagan is home to one of the highest concentrations of rare and at-risk species in all of Canada. Through its conservation, restoration and education efforts, the Society strives to generate public knowledge, respect and active concern for these fragile and endangered ecosystems.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Osoyoos Desert Society seemed to take a solidly consistent position that they were protecting a true desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/63836245@N08\/6167407329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/6171\/6167407329_82d851b27a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Osoyoos. Photo by Claude Robillard; (CC BY 2.0)\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Osoyoos Desert<small><\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nkmipdesert.com\/our-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Osoyoos Indian Band<\/a> of the Okanagan Nation operated its <a href=\"https:\/\/nkmipdesert.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nk&#8217;Mip Desert Cultural Centre<\/a> on the eastern side. However, this First Nations tribe hedged its bets about the status of the desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Expecting to see tall cactus and sand dunes? Although we share the same dry conditions as Phoenix Arizona, and many desert dwellers such as prickly-pear cactus, scorpions, rattlesnakes and Canyon Wrens live on our site, the jury is still out about whether we are a true desert. What is a desert\u2014 low rainfall, hot weather, cactus? Osoyoos does have years with precipitation below 10 inches but we often have rainy and snowy spells which support areas of lush vegetation.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So What Is It?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether its a true desert, semi-desert, shrub-steppe, Upper Sonoran &#8212; all terms used to describe the area by various sources &#8212; a more official designation might be Osoyoos Arid Biotic Zone. Desert or not, it&#8217;s quite small, quite rare and <a href=\"https:\/\/bcparks.ca\/eco_reserve\/haynes_er\/osoyoos_arid_biotic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quite endangered<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I never concluded my thoughts about the <a href=\"https:\/\/wikitravel.org\/en\/Talk:Osoyoos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">controversy<\/a>. It&#8217;s an interesting feature whether it&#8217;s an actual desert or not (and certainly more of a desert than <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=1561\">England&#8217;s &#8220;Desert&#8221;<\/a>). That&#8217;s when I spotted the nearby Anarchist Protected Area and lost interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anarchists?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Anarchist Protected Area? Did Canadian anarchists require their own protected area? As it turned out, no they did not. Officials named the <a href=\"https:\/\/bcparks.ca\/explore\/parkpgs\/anarchist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anarchist Protected Area<\/a> for nearby Anarchist Mountain (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/M1ycixwnxFEDxakm9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/50905622@N00\/3883041768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2588\/3883041768_e7335d7c22_b.jpg\" alt=\"Anarchist Mountain - July 2009. Photo by Jamie Rothwell; (CC BY 2.0)\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Anarchist Mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>British Columbia&#8217;s GeoBC cited two sources in its <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.gov.bc.ca\/pub\/bcgnws\/names\/1498.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">origin notes and history<\/a> for Anarchist Mountain, including &#8220;BC place name cards, or correspondence to\/from BC&#8217;s Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Anarchist Mountain and Sidley were both named after Richard G. Sidley, an early settler and first postmaster at Sidley (1895), who, because he showed some brilliance, was appointed Justice of the Peace and Customs Officer (dates not cited). He held, for his time, somewhat advanced political views; he was often called an anarchist, and this plateau became known locally as &#8216;the anarchist&#8217;s mountain&#8217;. Local officialdom eventually relieved him of his posts.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I loved that little throwaway comment at the end &#8212; &#8220;Local officialdom eventually relieved him of his posts&#8221; &#8212; like the settlers tolerated him for awhile until he finally got on their nerves. At least he still had his mountain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada allegedly contains exactly one lonely desert, or maybe none at all. It depends on who you consult. They&#8217;ve also coined various names for the anomaly known colloquially as &#8220;Canada&#8217;s Pocket Desert&#8221; including Okanagan, Osoyoos and Nk&#8217;mip. Whatever the designation, it&#8217;s located adjacent to the Town of Osoyoos in southern British Columbia. 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