Lumby, British Columbia

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Lumby
The Corporation Of Lumby [1]
Motto: 
De porta usque ad Monashee (The Gateway to the Monashee)
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Lumby
Lumby (Canada)
Coordinates: 50°14′58″N118°57′56″W / 50.24944°N 118.96556°W / 50.24944; -118.96556
CountryCanada
Province British Columbia
Regional District North Okanagan
Incorporated (Village)1956
Government
[2]
  MayorKevin Acton
  CouncillorGeoff Bevan
  CouncillorSherry Kineshanko
  CouncillorLori Mindnich
  CouncillorRandal Ostafichuk
Area
   Village 5.27 km2 (2.03 sq mi)
Elevation
500 m (1,600 ft)
Population
 (2019)
   Village 2,000
   Urban
3,500
Time zone UTC−08:00 (PST)
  Summer (DST) UTC−07:00 (PDT)
Postal code span
V0E
Area code 250 / 778 / 236
Highways BC-6.svg Hwy 6
Website Official website

Lumby is a small community of 2,063 people, located near the edge of the Monashee Mountains. [3] It is mainly a logging, manufacturing and agriculture community. [4]

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The village is home to a network of trails along the creek beds, known collectively as the Salmon Trail. [5] [6]

Hang gliding and paragliding are very popular in Lumby. The village has hosted many national and international events, usually taking place at nearby Cooper Mountain. [7]

Schools administered by School District 22 Vernon in Lumby include Charles Bloom Secondary School, Crossroads Alternate School and J W Inglis Elementary School. [8]

The community was also home to the Lumby Fighting Saints of the now defunct WHA Junior West Hockey League.

Some of Lumby's prominent employers include: Tolko Industries, Rouck Brothers Sawmill, Valley Pallet Plus, [9] Super A Grocery, Irly Building Centres, Mac's Convenience Stores, Fields, Lumby Hotel and Blue Ox Pub. [10]

Annually, the "Lumby Days" family fair takes place in the beginning of summer, attracting many people from around the valley.

The Village also hosts a winter outhouse race featuring creative entries of three sided outhouses mounted on skis.

On 8 October 2014 a WWII-era Japanese balloon bomb was discovered in the mountains near Lumby by forestry workers. The next day, they reported it to the RCMP. It was then disposed of on site using explosives, as it was too dangerous to move it. All of this happening 70 years after it had been launched. [11]

Lumby had been known as White Valley but one year after his death, the town name was changed to honour Moses Lumby (1842–93). He had a varied career including serving as Government Agent in Vernon, British Columbia and vice-president of the Shuswap and Okanagan Railway. [12] :157

Climate

Lumby has a humid continental climate with hot summers days and cool nights. Spring and fall are the driest seasons, and summer and winter are the wettest seasons. Fog often sets in during the winter, and can last for days at a time. Lumby is wetter and cooler than Vernon, but is still dry enough to contain natural grasslands, especially on south facing slopes.

During the summer months, Lumby has one of the highest diurnal temperature variations in Canada. The daily temperature swing of 20.1 °C (36.2 °F) in August is only exceeded by Beaverdell.

Lumby is at a transition point between the semi-arid dry belt to the west and the interior rainforest to the east. Thus, both wet and dry vegetation are common in Lumby.

Weather facts:

Climate data for Lumby
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)11.7
(53.1)
12.2
(54.0)
22.2
(72.0)
27.5
(81.5)
33.0
(91.4)
37.0
(98.6)
39.0
(102.2)
39.0
(102.2)
35.5
(95.9)
25.0
(77.0)
16.5
(61.7)
10.0
(50.0)
39.0
(102.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)−1.2
(29.8)
2.8
(37.0)
8.3
(46.9)
15.3
(59.5)
19.4
(66.9)
23.4
(74.1)
28.0
(82.4)
27.5
(81.5)
21.7
(71.1)
12.4
(54.3)
4.2
(39.6)
−0.6
(30.9)
13.4
(56.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)−4.8
(23.4)
−2.6
(27.3)
2.7
(36.9)
7.7
(45.9)
11.6
(52.9)
15.4
(59.7)
18.4
(65.1)
17.5
(63.5)
12.9
(55.2)
6.2
(43.2)
0.5
(32.9)
−4.4
(24.1)
6.8
(44.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)−8.4
(16.9)
−7.9
(17.8)
−3.0
(26.6)
0.1
(32.2)
3.8
(38.8)
7.3
(45.1)
8.7
(47.7)
7.4
(45.3)
4.1
(39.4)
−0.1
(31.8)
−3.2
(26.2)
−8.1
(17.4)
0.1
(32.2)
Record low °C (°F)−38.5
(−37.3)
−34.0
(−29.2)
−25.6
(−14.1)
−11.1
(12.0)
−5.0
(23.0)
−1.7
(28.9)
0.0
(32.0)
−1.5
(29.3)
−6.0
(21.2)
−12.5
(9.5)
−28.5
(−19.3)
−32.8
(−27.0)
−38.5
(−37.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)52.7
(2.07)
22.1
(0.87)
28.5
(1.12)
27.9
(1.10)
56.0
(2.20)
59.3
(2.33)
35.9
(1.41)
34.5
(1.36)
44.2
(1.74)
47.0
(1.85)
54.3
(2.14)
46.3
(1.82)
508.7
(20.03)
Average rainfall mm (inches)9.2
(0.36)
8.8
(0.35)
17.5
(0.69)
25.8
(1.02)
55.9
(2.20)
59.3
(2.33)
35.9
(1.41)
34.5
(1.36)
44.2
(1.74)
46.2
(1.82)
29.5
(1.16)
6.9
(0.27)
373.7
(14.71)
Average snowfall cm (inches)43.5
(17.1)
13.3
(5.2)
11.0
(4.3)
2.1
(0.8)
0.2
(0.1)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.8
(0.3)
24.7
(9.7)
39.4
(15.5)
135.0
(53.1)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm)16.910.014.312.215.814.99.09.110.915.115.914.8158.8
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm)5.44.810.311.715.814.99.09.110.914.910.83.8121.4
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm)12.86.45.10.70.30.00.00.00.00.36.811.744.1
Source: [13]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lumby had a population of 2,063 living in 836 of its 861 total private dwellings, a change of

Religion

According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Lumby included: [14]

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