Hello David,

 AI>> In there area where I live out here in no mans land
 DD> [...]

 DD> Is Penticton build in a river bed between to lakes? Google Maps shows a
 DD> what appears to be a man made canal between to two with locks, or weirs in
 DD> it.

Yeah, the locals call it the river channel. It was straightened out at some
point, probably because they built the highway beside it.

It's not much of a river though, about 6 - 8 feet deep and 30 - 60 feet wide
depending on the time of year.

The tourists (we get a lot here) like it. It gets full of people just floating
down from Okanagan to Skaha lake on inner tubes or whatever they can find that
floats.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

... But that trick never works! -Rocky
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