The Upper Mission is the Southernmost neighbourhood in the City of Kelowna and therefore offers a tranquil community with little through traffic that is highly sought after. It encompasses the land South of Barnaby Road where there is a junction with Lakeshore Road and Chute Lake Road, from the lakeshore on the West to Bellevue Creek on the East, and up the hillside to the South where residential development is expected to continue for many more years. This neighbourhood truly backs onto the backcountry (fishing lakes, hiking, snowshoeing, mountain biking, hunting, ATV and snowmobile trails), sitting at the edge of Kuiper’s Peak and not far from Myra Canyon, Okanagan Mountain Park, and Little White Mountain. It’s the perfect place for families or anyone that wants to be active outside. The Upper Mission has plenty of greenspace with more local parks, mountain parks, and regional parks. Just a little ways up the Bellevue Creek are the picturesque Crawford Falls, after which the areas soon to be built middle school has been named.
Lower Mission
The Lower Mission is situated at adjacent to Okanagan Lake just a short drive from Downtown. The Lower Mission is home to 3 of Kelowna’s top beaches and numerous other beach access areas. The Lower Mission is a highly sought after neighbourhood in part because it has many larger, flat lots, with mature surroundings, but also because of its central location and excellent selection of amenities nearby.
Pandosy / KLO
Pandosy/KLO isone of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city. Just South of Downtown it stretches from Mills Creek at the North to the Lower Mission neighbourhood (at KLO Road) to the South and from Okanagan Lake East to Benvoulin Road. While several properties have been updated in recent years, you’ll still find rows of charming older homes along mature tree lined streets with back alleys in between. There are numerous condominium buildings in the area as well with several more under construction. This neighbourhood is home to well over a dozen parks and over a dozen beaches and lake access points.
Pandosy/KLO has three elementary school, a middle school, and is the location of Kelowna’s largest secondary school. It is a bustling neighbourhood made up students, families, and retirees. It is home to the Kelowna Hospital, the UBC Okanagan Faculty of Medicine, Okanagan College, and a dozen professional buildings offering a variety of medical services, health and wellness, accounting, legal, and more. The Pandosy Road corridor which starts downtown Kelowna and extends south until it turn into Lakeshore Road as it enters the Lower Mission neighbourhood has many independent shops, pubs and restaurants offering a variety of cuisine including: Mexican, Indian, Thai, and all out Canadian (Canadian Brewhouse), and of the amenities you could need. There are also many opportunities to live within walking distance to all.
Crawford Estates
Welcome to Crawford Estates! Crawford Estates is a small Kelowna neighbourhood in the highlands above the Lower Mission, nestled between the steep hillside along Bellevue Creek to the Southeast and the acreages of the Southeast Kelowna neighbourhood to the East. Crawford Estates is accessible by Dehart Road and Stewart Road which also form its boundary to the West and North. Crawford Estates is another mature, highly sought after neighbourhood. Many of the homes in this neighbourhood are on larger lots and many of the homes are built along the hillside with sweeping views of Okanagan Lake and the community below.
Children from the Crawford Estates neighbourhood typically attend elementary, middle, and highschool just a 5-minute drive away in the Lower Mission. The Lower Mission also has excellent amenities consisting of an incredible sports and recreation facilities including ice rink, indoor soccer fields, outdoor soccer fields, ball fields, swimming pool, exercise gyms, and library all in one area, and all the necessities from shopping, banking, restaurants, coffee shops, and more.