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Sicamous
Sicamous is a district municipality in British Columbia located adjacent to the Trans-Canada Highway at the Highway 97A junction, where Mara Lake empties into Shuswap Lake via a short narrows. Sicamous is a resort town about halfway between Calgary and Vancouver and is the eastern gateway to the Apple Country. With of shoreline, it styles itself as the houseboat capital of Canada. It has a population of 2,613 according to a 2021 census. Name origin Sicamous is an adaptation of a Shuswap language word meaning "river circling mountains". History In the 1800s, Sicamous and area was inhabited by a semi-nomadic Indigenous nation called the Secwepemc or Shuswap. They crossed the Rocky Mountains to hunt buffalo on the plains. In this area they were called the "Schickamoos". In 1872, a Provincial Map shows Schickamoos Narrows, which in early history was known as a "meeting place of Indians". In 1864, gold was discovered on the Columbia River. Seymour Arm became a supply centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suffixed Routes Of British Columbia Highway 97
There are four current and two former suffixed routes of Highway 97 in British Columbia, Canada. The majority of the routes serve the Okanagan area of the British Columbia Interior. Highway 97A Highway 97A is a spur route between Highway 97 near Vernon and Highway 1 in Sicamous. Other communities on Highway 97A include Spallumcheen, Armstrong, and Enderby. The highway is designated as a core route of Canada's National Highway System for its entire length. Highway 97A's current alignment is not the same as its original route. Originally, when the '97A' designation was first given to the highway in 1953, replacing the Highway 5 designation, it went from a junction with Highway 97 at Swan Lake, where it starts today, northeast to Grindrod, and then it followed the modern-day Highway 97B to Salmon Arm, then following the Trans-Canada Highway west to Monte Creek, where Highway 97 merges onto the Highway 1. Between 1957 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mara Lake
Mara Lake is a lake in the Shuswap Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located immediately south of the community of Sicamous and to the north of the community of Enderby. It is the outlet of the Shuswap River, which begins in the Monashee Mountains to the east. Its own outlet is Sicamous Narrows, which is a short canal-like stretch of water connecting to Shuswap Lake and passing beneath the Trans-Canada Highway and the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline at Sicamous. All are part of the drainage of the South Thompson River, which begins at the outlet of Little Shuswap Lake. The lake is navigable from Shuswap Lahich is a popular boating area, and in addition to Mara Provincial Park its shores include the Mara Point Site of Shuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park. Name origin "After John Andrew Mara, an Overlander of '62; born at Toronto; had store at Seymour on Shuswap Lake in 1865, later at Kamloops; merchant, miller, steamship operator, promoter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
