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Naramata is a small community with a population of approximately 2000 in the Okanagan
Okanagan

The Okanagan , also known as the Okanagan Valley and sometimes as Okanagan Country is a List of regions of Canada located in the Provinces and territories of Canada of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canada portion of the Okanogan River....
 valley in British Columbia
British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 near Penticton.

Founded in 1907 by John Moore Robinson
John Moore Robinson

John Moore Robinson, born in Ontario, Canada in 1855, was a Settler, rancher, prospector, politician and orchardist who helped shape British Columbia's Okanagan Valley region through, among other things, the establishment of such communities as Naramata, Summerland, British Columbia, and Peachland, British Columbia....
 as a prime agricultural area, Naramata was also known in its early years as a cultural centre. People from across the Okanagan
Okanagan

The Okanagan , also known as the Okanagan Valley and sometimes as Okanagan Country is a List of regions of Canada located in the Provinces and territories of Canada of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canada portion of the Okanogan River....
 would arrive by boat for concerts, plays, operas and regattas. Paddlewheelers regularly stopped at the local wharf carrying freight and passengers up and down Okanagan Lake
Okanagan Lake

Okanagan Lake, also known as Lake Okanagan, is a large, deep lake in the Okanagan of British Columbia. The lake is 135 km long, between 4 and 5 km wide, and has a surface area of 351 km?....
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Naramata is a small community with a population of approximately 2000 in the Okanagan
Okanagan

The Okanagan , also known as the Okanagan Valley and sometimes as Okanagan Country is a List of regions of Canada located in the Provinces and territories of Canada of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canada portion of the Okanogan River....
 valley in British Columbia
British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 near Penticton.

Founded in 1907 by John Moore Robinson
John Moore Robinson

John Moore Robinson, born in Ontario, Canada in 1855, was a Settler, rancher, prospector, politician and orchardist who helped shape British Columbia's Okanagan Valley region through, among other things, the establishment of such communities as Naramata, Summerland, British Columbia, and Peachland, British Columbia....
 as a prime agricultural area, Naramata was also known in its early years as a cultural centre. People from across the Okanagan
Okanagan

The Okanagan , also known as the Okanagan Valley and sometimes as Okanagan Country is a List of regions of Canada located in the Provinces and territories of Canada of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canada portion of the Okanogan River....
 would arrive by boat for concerts, plays, operas and regattas. Paddlewheelers regularly stopped at the local wharf carrying freight and passengers up and down Okanagan Lake
Okanagan Lake

Okanagan Lake, also known as Lake Okanagan, is a large, deep lake in the Okanagan of British Columbia. The lake is 135 km long, between 4 and 5 km wide, and has a surface area of 351 km?....
. In 1914, Naramata received a new link with the rest of Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 when the Kettle Valley Railway
Kettle Valley Railway

The Kettle Valley Railway was a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway that operated in the Thompson-Okanagan region of southern British Columbia....
 was completed on the hillside above the village. Due to the intense volume of rock work it gained the reputation as one of the most difficult stretches of KVR construction. Today, remnants of the KVR make for great exploration, such as the train tunnels, rock ovens, and the railway right-of-way which clings to the hillside high above Okanagan Lake and is now part of the Trans-Canada Trail.

There are many fruit orchards in Naramata, plum, pear, cherry, apricot and apple. Starting in the mid-nineties, there has been an acceleration in the growth of the wine industry in the area now known as the "Naramata Bench". The result has been a drastic decline in the relative economic importance of fruit growing, so much so that the Naramata fruit-packing facility (part of the Okanagan Tree Fruit Co-operative) has been closed (2009), and the remaining growers must ship their fruit to Penticton. Naramata is also home to many artisans.

Tourism is a big and rapidly expanding industry. Agricultural land prices have risen dramatically in the last 10 years. The United Church of Canada
United Church of Canada

The United Church of Canada, one of the largest Christian churches in Canada, is an evangelical Protestant denomination with strong Methodist and Presbyterian roots....
 opened a lay-training centre following World War II called the Christian Leadership Training School, which is now a large retreat/conference center there called Naramata Centre for Continuing Education. There is a public beach, ball field and picnic area in Manitou Park.

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