Winfield is a neighbourhood and formal ward within the District Municipality of Lake Country,

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, located adjacent to the northern city boundary of

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. The community, formerly an unincorporated settlement, is now one of the four

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of Lake Country. It is situated to the north and slightly east of Kelowna, along

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, in the central part of the

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region. The town is adjacent to

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, which attracts summer visitors. The economy is based on light manufacturing, fruit producing and tourism, in addition to being a

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for Kelowna.

History

Formerly known as Alvaston, it was renamed Winfield after Winfield Lodge, the home of Thomas Wood, justice of the peace and rancher who settled in the area in 1871. In 1968 Winfield and district minor hockey was founded along with the opening of the new arena. In the 1950s Winfield Foods, which was changed to IGA in 1972, was the only grocery store in Winfield till Save on Foods opened in 1999 as part of the Winfield Commons project. infield had another grocery store through the 1970s and 80s in the Lakewood Mall.Winfield's nicknames include Winbuck, The Buck, LC and Orchard city. In 1995, Winfield, along with the neighbouring communities of Oyama,

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and Okanagan Centre, was incorporated into the District Municipality of Lake Country.

Education

The area has three public schools, Davidson Road Elementary School (opened 1983), Peter Greer Elementary School (opened 1992), and

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(opened 1959), and one traditional school, Oyama Traditional School, an elementary school where uniforms are worn which operates in the public school system. The schools in the area are operated by

School District 23 Central Okanagan School District 23 Central Okanagan is a school district in the Okanagan valley of British Columbia. It includes the cities of Kelowna, and West Kelowna, and the District Municipalities of Lake Country, and Peachland, and is the 5th largest dist ...

based in Kelowna. The schools in the municipality that are no longer open include Winfield Elementary, Woodlake Elementary, and Okanagan Centre Elementary (a small school house that later became the Lake Country Museum and Archives). In the 1980s, most grade 5 students attending Wood Lake Elementary were bused daily to Okanagan Centre Elementary which had two classrooms.

Climate

References

External links

Lake Country
Neighbourhoods in Lake Country {{CentralOkanagan-geo-stub