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Marron Valley is an inhabited locality and former post office in the South Okanagan region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located to the west of
Skaha Lake Skaha Lake is a freshwater lake, through which the Okanagan River flows, in the Okanagan region of south central British Columbia. Along the shoreline are Penticton (north), Kaleden (west), and Okanagan Falls (south). Name origin The lake was labe ...
. Named in association with the
Marron River The Marron River is a very small & very short river in southern British Columbia. It is located just west of Skaha Lake, and is about 7.8 km long.  Course The Marron River originates in small Aeneas Lake, which is located about 7.8 k ...
, a post office was first opened in 1909 as Marron Lake.BCGNIS entry "Marron Lake (former post office)"
/ref> The post office was re-designated Marron Valley in 1924. The Geological Survey of Canada map for 1936 show "Marron Valley (town)" though this was downgraded to "Marron Valley (settlement)" in 1954.


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Populated places in the South Okanagan Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Ghost towns in British Columbia Populated places in the Okanagan Country {{OkanaganSimilkameen-geo-stub