Located on the south side of Katepwa Beach is Katepwa Point Provincial Park[6] and on the east side are two gold courses. Katepwa Beach Golf Course is an 18-hole course[7] and Katepwa Family Nine Golf Course is a 9-hole course.[8]
History
Katepwa Beach incorporated as a resort village on August 1, 1957, under the official name of the Summer Resort Village of Katepwa Beach.[1] The resort village changed its official name to the Resort Village of Katepwa Beach on May 13, 1992.[1] It, and the resort villages of Katepwa South and Sandy Beach, amalgamated on July 24, 2004, to form the Resort Village of the District of Katepwa.[2]
In the 2006 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the former Resort Village of Katepwa Beach recorded a population of 112 living in 56 of its 279 total private dwellings, a -40.7% change from its 2001 population of 189. With a land area of 1.69 km2 (0.65 sq mi), it had a population density of 66.3/km2 (171.6/sq mi) in 2006.[5]
In the 2001 Census of Population, the Resort Village of Katepwa Beach recorded a population of 189, a 83.5% change from its 1996 population of 103. With a land area of 2.89 km2 (1.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 65.4/km2 (169.4/sq mi) in 2001.[11]
Government
The former Resort Village of Katepwa Beach has been governed by the District of Katepwa since the 2004 amalgamation.[2] Katepwa Beach is in Ward 2, which is represented by councillors Stephen Alport, Scott Baber and Garry Huntington, .[3] The District of Katepwa's mayor is Rick Pattison and its administrator is Gail E. Sloan.[4]