Oliver Chronicle | Providing Local News Since 1937 | About Us

Established on August 25, 1937, The CHRONICLE now distributes every Wednesday to more than 3,500 homes and businesses. And we're growing all the time.

Our staff live and work right here in Oliver and surrounding areas, and their work is devoted solely to the local issues that affect you. Their knowledge of the community gives them unique insight into everything that happens in our community.

Every Wednesday, THE OLIVER CHRONICLE promises its readers a welcome read with all the information needed to plan weekend activities and bring you all the previous weeks news.

THE OLIVER CHRONICLE is committed to making our community a better place to live and we supply financial and volunteer support to numerous local events and organizations.

The History of Oliver

Oliver – The Wine Capital of Canada

This place called Oliver began long before anyone here at the time heard of the name with the discovery of gold in the Camp McKinney area and later in Fairview and until the construction of the irrigation system it was just one of many mining districts in the British Columbia Interior.
We are, of course, no longer a frontier outpost, a pioneer settlement, nor even a rural farm town. We are a thoroughly sophisticated semi-urban society with all the amenities which seem necessary and desirable. Our economy is a sound one, anchored on a thriving agricultural industry and supplanted by light industry and tourism. And the very stability provided by that economy and our climate has provided the tone which makes our community so attractive to so many in their retirement years.
Incorporated in 1945 we are 33 km south of Penticton and 10 km north of Osoyoos along the banks of the inviting Okanagan River.
We enjoy in a semi-desert climate at the northern most tip of the Great Basin Desert with plenty of lakes, world class golf courses and an abundance of family attractions, restaurants and parks. The local area is renowned for our estate wineries and vineyards. The International Hike and Bike path runs right through town!

Some local facts about Oliver:

Sunshine: 2,040 hours per year
Elevation: 350 meters above sea level
Frost free days: Average 173.
Average annual rainfall: 9.8 inches
Average annual snowfall: 2.1 inches
Climate: Mean daily mimimum: January -6C(11F) July 12C(54F)
Mean daily maximum: January 1C(34F) July 30C(82F)
Mean daily Jan -2C(27F July 20C(68F)
Population:4564.