Sicamous
Sicamous, a museum, stands in Penticton. Add any of 4 more places within 5 km to a visit. Its entry is in the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
Museum in Penticton
Inside Penticton
Sicamous is a place to visit inside Penticton’s municipal boundary. Towns near it ↓
Canadian Register of Historic Places
It holds a federal or Québec heritage designation, or sits on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. About ↓
Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Weather, month by month
Warm weather in Penticton runs May to September, with highs of 21–29°C.
Sicamous
The pick nearby is Kettle Valley Steam Railway, 13 km off.
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- Canadian Register of Historic Places
- Town
- in Penticton
- Official site
- sssicamous.ca
The practical side
- EntryA fee is charged
The area around Sicamous
The places near Sicamous are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Penticton’s municipal boundary. · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Towns that count Sicamous
Of the 7, Penticton is the largest, at 39,068 people. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
- 1Penticton
- 2Electoral Area F, Okanagan-Similkameen
- 3Penticton 1
- 4Naramata
- 5Summerland
- 6Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen
- 7Okanagan Falls
Penticton
Electoral Area F, Okanagan-Similkameen
Penticton 1
Naramata
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Sicamous is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penticton | It’s in town | 39,068 | 6 |
| Electoral Area F, Okanagan-Similkameen | 100 m north of it | 2,149 | 10 |
| Penticton 1 | 200 m southwest of it | 2,147 | 11 |
| Naramata | 400 m northeast of it | 2,077 | 8 |
| Summerland | 12 km north of it | 12,343 | 5 |
| Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen | 13 km south of it | 2,372 | 4 |
| Okanagan Falls | 16 km south of it | 4,002 | 3 |
Places to add to Sicamous
Nearby, 10 places within 15 km include 4 museums, a heritage railway and a zoo.
Heritage railwayKettle Valley Steam Railway13 km away2ZooZooOkanagan Game Farm11 km away3MuseumMuseumPenticton Museum2 km away4MuseumMuseumSummerland Museum and Archives12 km away5
Historic shipNaramata100 m away6Theme parkTheme parkLoco Landing Adventure Park200 m away7MuseumMuseumPenticton's Museum & Archives3.7 km away8MuseumMuseumSummerland Museum & Heritage Society12 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Sicamous
Where is Sicamous?
Sicamous is in Penticton, British Columbia, inside the town’s municipal boundary.
What is Sicamous?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Sicamous?
In Penticton, May to September are the warmest, with afternoon highs of 21–29°C (ECCC 1991–2020 normals).
Is Sicamous a designated historic place?
Yes: Canadian Register of Historic Places.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Sicamous: Darren Kirby from Edmonton, AB, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kettle Valley Steam Railway: BC Model Railroading, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Naramata: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).