Carrs British Columbia Map

About Carrs, British Columbia

Carrs is a community in Osoyoos Division Yale Land District, British Columbia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Carrs is located at 50.1150°N, 119.4631°W.

Carrs rests in a valley where the sun, even in winter, seems to linger, painting the arid slopes in hues of ochre and muted sage. It lies 21.6 km south-west of Vernon, BC (from Vernon, BC: bearing 219°T), and is situated 6.6 km west of Oyama. The land here is a study in resilience, a place where hardy grasses cling to steep inclines and the air carries the dry, clean scent of sun-baked earth and distant pine. Sparse clusters of buildings, weathered by wind and time, dot the landscape, their forms softened by the vastness of the surrounding Okanagan highlands. The silence is profound, broken only by the occasional call of a hawk circling high above, a testament to the wild heart that still beats beneath the human imprint. This particular stretch of land, within the Osoyoos Division of the Yale Land District, has long been a crossroads, its history etched in the very contours of the terrain. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil and a climate that could coax life from the arid earth, established small ranches and orchards, their efforts supported by the tireless work of the region's Indigenous peoples who understood the land's subtle rhythms. The economy of Carrs has always been tied to the bounty of the earth, with vineyards and fruit farms now flourishing where once only wild sage and hardy grasses dominated, their produce finding its way to markets far and wide, a quiet continuation of a long-held agricultural tradition.

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Explore Carrs, British Columbia, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.115, -119.463056. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Carrs includes the postal code (V4V), telephone area code (236, 250, 604, 672, 778). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Carrs is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.