Facts About Vernon
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Vernon is a city in the Okanagan region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.
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A resident of Vernon is called a “Vernonite”.
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The site of the city was discovered by the Okanagan people, a tribe of the Interior Salish people, who initially named the community Nintle Moos Chin, meaning “jumping over the place where the creek narrows”.
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Vernon was incorporated as a city on December 30, 1892.
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In 2016, Canada’s first inclusive memorial sculpture was installed on the grounds of Vernon Secondary School.
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Vernon has “sister city” agreements with the following cities: Anandpur Sahib, India; Frankenburg am Hausruck, Austria; Modesto, United States; Saint-Lambert, Canada; Tavullia, Italy & Tome, Japan.
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The Estimated Population of Vernon is 40,116.
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Vernon industries are fruit and vegetable packing and canning, leather tanning, logging, and sawmilling.
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Vernon is 380 m (1,250 ft) above sea level.
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Vernon plays host to the Vernon Winter Carnival, First held in 1961, it is now Western Canada’s largest and North America’s second-largest Winter Carnival.