Boyce - Gyro Park - Kelowna, BC
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N 49° 51.306 W 119° 29.423
11U E 320995 N 5525494
Gyro Park is a combination park and beach along Lakeshore Road in the Mission district of Kelowna. This Lucky 7 is entirely within Gyro Park.
Waymark Code: WM1808K
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 05/01/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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At 3400 Lakeshore, Boyce - Gyro Park is one of 5 beaches and parks in the area along the lakeshore south of downtown Kelowna. It offers, first and foremost, the beach, as well as snack venues, rental shops, volleyball courts, playgrounds, picnic areas and washroom facilities.

One of the oldest and best known beaches in Kelowna, it is home to "The Apple", a snack kiosk built to look for all the world like a large apple - symbolic of Kelowna's lifeblood industry, fruit growing, now amply supplemented by wine grape growing. The Apple has been in the park for an untold number of years and has become a Kelowna icon.

A variety of watercraft can be rented right on the beach. There's also a small zipline on the beach as part of the playground equipment.
Boyce Gyro Park Beach
One Of The Best Beaches In Kelowna
Gyro Park Beach is one of Kelowna's most well known and favorite beaches. Located in South Kelowna, Boyce-Gyro Park is popular for the amenities it offers, it's close location to the Mission Park and Pandosy shopping areas and it's also close to nice hotels and motels in the South Kelowna city area.

Also known as Boyce-Gyro Park, the park and beach was donated to the Kelowna Gyro Club (a men's social club) in 1932, by a local Dr. Benjamin deFurlong Boyce. The Gyro Club later purchased adjacent lots to make the park bigger, and then donated the park to the city of Kelowna in 1974.

Gyro Beach Park has lots of grass and is well shaded, so you can be in the sun, or not.
From Okanagan Vacation Guide
Department Number, Category Name, and Waymark Code:
3-Business • Watercraft Rentals (Human Powered) • Gyro Beach Watersports Rentals • wmN1C6
5-Entertainment • Official Local Tourism Attractions • Boyce Gyro Park • wmWZX6
6-History • Signs of History • Boyce Gyro Park • wmK39Y
8-Monuments • Dedicated Benches • Laura Kathryn Condon • wmGKCK
9-Nature • Municipal Parks and Plazas • Boyce Gyro Park • wmGQYB
11-Recreation • Beaches • Boyce Gyro Park • wmGQYE
15-Multifarious • News Article Locations • New washrooms, changeroom opening at Boyce-Gyro Park • wm17TB8


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