Kaleden (/kəˈliːdən/) is an unincorporated community about midway along the western shore of Skaha Lake in the Okanagan region of south central British Columbia.

[2] Richard Hynds, who pre-empted these 130 hectares (320 acres) in 1891, operated a stopping place for a number of years at the White Lake Rd junction.

Dugald Gillespie, who pre-empted the adjacent land to the south in 1895, planted a small orchard of mixed fruits.

[4] In 1900, he developed the first irrigation system in the district, by building a small dam at the foot of Marron Lake.

[5] During 1906–1909, under his own name and those of relatives and friends, James (Jim) Ritchie purchased 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) which included the whole present settlement.

[8] In 1910, Jim Harrison, Harry Corbitt, and A.S. Hatfield established a partnership to plant and initially nurture about 81 hectares (200 acres).

Although the orchards held by private owners survived, the 100 hectares (250 acres) of KDC ones were abandoned to die.

The Kaleden Estates (KE) syndicate, headed by Sir William Hutcheson Poë and including Lord de Vesci, acquired the remaining 1,100 hectares (2,800 acres).

[16] In 1932, a modern cold storage plant adjacent to the railway replaced the old inadequate packing house.

[6] While the townsite was being surveyed during summer and fall 1909, each $50 deposit lodged by a buyer for a 2-hectare (5-acre) lot was listed chronologically.

[7] At the time, the lakeshore commercial centre comprised a log cabin and barn built years earlier, a two-storey general store, blacksmith shop, some residences, and numerous tents.

[27] That year, Miss Olga Watson was the inaugural teacher at the school that was held in the upstairs part of the store.

[29] A.S. Hatfield, who was the inaugural postmaster 1910–1920,[30] operated from a small building about 23 metres (25 yd) north of the 1912 store.

[33] Expensively modern for the era, the concrete structure comprised 26 rooms, each with sleeping porch and bath.

In 1912, Lapsley moved the general store into new larger premises beside the hotel, but falling demand led to closure in 1916.

[35] In August 1931, the line connecting Penticton and Okanagan Falls (via Kaleden) opened, eliminating the barge service between those two points.

A search plane pursuing possible sightings of the fugitive crashed into a mountainside, killing all three RCMP officers on board.

[52] Other services include a library branch, general store/post office, volunteer fire department, and community church.

Across the street from the former hotel, the lakeshore building has been a general store, candy making business, garage, restaurant, and private living quarters.