Shannon Lake.

How Shannon Lake took shape

Shannon Lake is a Westside neighbourhood built around a small lake named for Shannon Marshall, a horse trainer who became the first Westbank postmaster there in 1902. Settler farms and grain fields gave way to the Shannon Lake Golf Course in 1985 and to family subdivisions through the 1990s and 2000s.

Shannon Lake sits in a basin north of Westbank, on syilx land. The lake is named for Shannon Marshall, a settler from Washington State who arrived in the 1890s. Known as Professor for his skill breaking and training horses, he was the first postmaster when the Westbank post office opened on May 1, 1902, at Shannon Lake. So the Westbank name began here, before the town centre grew up to the south. Marshall went back to Washington around 1907, and the Okanagan Historical Society recorded his story in its 1948 report. Around 1901, Robert Hall and Shannon Marshall grew grain on Goldie Flat and shipped from Hall's Landing, while settlers built homes around the lake. The province made the lake's name official in 1955.

The modern neighbourhood took shape after the Shannon Lake Golf Course opened in 1985. The 18 hole, par 71 course, designed by Robert Kains and redesigned in 2010, gave the area its identity, and streets of family homes followed through the 1990s and 2000s. Tallus Ridge later climbed the slopes above under the Shannon Lake West plan. Today the neighbourhood is on the Rose Valley water system, which ended years of water advisories when its new treatment plant began operating in December 2023. During the 2023 McDougall Creek fire, no homes were lost in Shannon Lake. The 2023 Official Community Plan pairs Shannon Lake with Smith Creek as one of five neighbourhood centres, and the new George Pringle Secondary opens in Westbank in September 2027.

1. 1890sShannon Marshall arrives from Washington State. Source
2. 1901Robert Hall and Shannon Marshall grow grain on Goldie Flat; settlers build around the lake. Source
3. 1902First Westbank post office opens at Shannon Lake on May 1, with Marshall as postmaster. Source
4. 1955Shannon Lake name officially adopted on December 1. Source

The homes & their setting

Mostly 1990s and 2000s detached family homes, with newer view homes and townhomes on the upper slopes toward Tallus Ridge. Largely freehold.

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Places with a story

• Shannon Lake — Named for settler and first Westbank postmaster Shannon Marshall. History source
• First Westbank post office site — The Westbank post office opened at Shannon Lake in 1902; no marker for the exact site was found. History source
• Shannon Lake Golf Course — Opened in 1985 and redesigned in 2010; the anchor of the modern neighbourhood. History source