| Official Name: | Sorrento |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada British Columbia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Sorrento in British Columbia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Timezone: | PST |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Coordinates: | 50.8772°N -119.4706°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
| Postal Code: | V0E 2W0 & V0E 3W0 |
Sorrento is an unincorporated settlement located on the south shore of Shuswap Lake in the Southern Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located on the Trans-Canada Highway, and is approximately 20km (10miles) southeast of the town of Chase and 32km (20miles) northwest of the city of Salmon Arm. Sorrento is in the Columbia-Shuswap G electoral region of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District.
The name of the townsite was changed from Trapper's Landing to Sorrento by resident J.R. Kinghorn, who saw a physical resemblance between Copper Island, which lies across Shuswap Lake, and the Isle of Capri as seen from the city of Sorrento, Italy.[1]
Sorrento hosts the Shuswap Lake Festival of the Arts in July, and the Sorrento Bluegrass Festival in late August.[2] [3]