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About Princeton, BC

Princeton sits at the meeting of the Similkameen and Tulameen rivers, a small interior town with a dry climate and a history going back to the 1858 gold rush. Highway 3 runs through town, linking Hope (134 km) with the south Okanagan towns like Osoyoos and Penticton, while Highway 5A heads north to Merritt (90 km) and Highway 3A gives a shorter run to Keremeos (67 km) through orchard country. EV chargers are available in town, handy for the Hope-to-Okanagan haul. Don't miss the local museum, home to Eocene fossils pulled from nearby shale beds dating back 50 million years.

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Princeton, BC is in Canada, at 49.459, -120.506 - about 67 km north-west of Keremeos, BC.

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The closest airport to Princeton, BC is Penticton Airport, 107 km (about 1 h 31 min by car).

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