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This article evidently was written at the instigation of somebody from the Osoyoos Band's Nk'mip Winery/Resort. If the desert didn't exist (such as it is) I'd put a speedy-delete on this. It's no doubt what someone would like this desert to be called, or is trying to get people to call it, but that isn't its "most well-known as". What that would be is debatable; South Okanagan Desert perhaps.....but "Nk'mip Desert" is clearly a corporate branding effort, and the descrition provided also is not correct, as it claims that the whole desert is on OIB lands. Skookum1 ( talk) 20:19, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
A search for "Osoyoos + Desert" turned up http://www.desert.org for the Osoyoos Desert Society; the name Nk'mip appears nowhere in that site, nor does the description match the Nk'mip claim that it's only on the east side of Osoyoos Lake and only on OIB land, although no name for the desert is given. Osoyoos is the usual association for this "desert", so Osoyoos Desert seems more recognizable; South Okanagan Desert is another possibility; but the point on Talk:Okanagan Lake about the Skaha Bluffs also being desert is well taken, so Okanagan Desert would hve to be about more than the Osoyoos area. The "Nk'mip Desert" coinage is a "spin" off "Nk'mip Desert Cultural Centre", as in "the desert cultural centre at Nk'mip". it is not a suitable name for the desert, though it has been so heavily web-branded that it turns up lots of webhits; all which derive from the Nk'mip claims, but not from geographic designations as such..... Skookum1 ( talk) 21:07, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
See here. Good to have the better description, wondering if the centre should have its own article; some coords for it would be nice; I'd remembered it as being right by the 3-97 junction; as far as I know that's within municipal limits; maybe 3km from the beach, but still in town. Or not?? Skookum1 ( talk) 05:17, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
I was working on a related article and came to find this article confusing and ultimately unhelpful. The "Okanagan Desert" as defined by this article's sources is nothing more than the northernmost arm of the Columbia Plateau ecoregion, a xeric shrubland ecoregion that extends across across much the interior of neighbouring Washington state (as defined by both the WWF and EPA).
As was mentioned in prior discussions, the term "Okanagan Desert" is a misnomer, originates from a single source (the Osoyoos Desert Society), and comes off as nothing more than a marketing strategy to bring attention to this small bit of Columbia Plateau ecoregion in Canada. Therefore, I strongly believe this article be merged with the existing Columbia Plateau ecoregion article and explicitly mention its extent within the Osoyoos region of southern British Columbia.
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This article evidently was written at the instigation of somebody from the Osoyoos Band's Nk'mip Winery/Resort. If the desert didn't exist (such as it is) I'd put a speedy-delete on this. It's no doubt what someone would like this desert to be called, or is trying to get people to call it, but that isn't its "most well-known as". What that would be is debatable; South Okanagan Desert perhaps.....but "Nk'mip Desert" is clearly a corporate branding effort, and the descrition provided also is not correct, as it claims that the whole desert is on OIB lands. Skookum1 ( talk) 20:19, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
A search for "Osoyoos + Desert" turned up http://www.desert.org for the Osoyoos Desert Society; the name Nk'mip appears nowhere in that site, nor does the description match the Nk'mip claim that it's only on the east side of Osoyoos Lake and only on OIB land, although no name for the desert is given. Osoyoos is the usual association for this "desert", so Osoyoos Desert seems more recognizable; South Okanagan Desert is another possibility; but the point on Talk:Okanagan Lake about the Skaha Bluffs also being desert is well taken, so Okanagan Desert would hve to be about more than the Osoyoos area. The "Nk'mip Desert" coinage is a "spin" off "Nk'mip Desert Cultural Centre", as in "the desert cultural centre at Nk'mip". it is not a suitable name for the desert, though it has been so heavily web-branded that it turns up lots of webhits; all which derive from the Nk'mip claims, but not from geographic designations as such..... Skookum1 ( talk) 21:07, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
See here. Good to have the better description, wondering if the centre should have its own article; some coords for it would be nice; I'd remembered it as being right by the 3-97 junction; as far as I know that's within municipal limits; maybe 3km from the beach, but still in town. Or not?? Skookum1 ( talk) 05:17, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
I was working on a related article and came to find this article confusing and ultimately unhelpful. The "Okanagan Desert" as defined by this article's sources is nothing more than the northernmost arm of the Columbia Plateau ecoregion, a xeric shrubland ecoregion that extends across across much the interior of neighbouring Washington state (as defined by both the WWF and EPA).
As was mentioned in prior discussions, the term "Okanagan Desert" is a misnomer, originates from a single source (the Osoyoos Desert Society), and comes off as nothing more than a marketing strategy to bring attention to this small bit of Columbia Plateau ecoregion in Canada. Therefore, I strongly believe this article be merged with the existing Columbia Plateau ecoregion article and explicitly mention its extent within the Osoyoos region of southern British Columbia.