Malakwa is a settlement in
Shuswap Country
The Shuswap Country, or simply the Shuswap (pronounced /ˈʃuːʃwɑːp/) and called Secwepemcúl̓ecw in Secwepemctsín, is a term used in the Canadian province of British Columbia to refer to the environs of Shuswap Lake. The upper reaches ...
in the
Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, in the
Eagle River valley, along the
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway (French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean on ...
between
Sicamous and
Revelstoke. It had a population of 649 people in 2001.
The name comes from the
Chinook Jargon word for mosquito, adapted from the French ''le maringouin''.
References
*http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/DATA/cen01/profiles/detailed/39043206.pdf
*http://britishcolumbia.com/plan-your-trip/regions-and-towns/thompson-okanagan/malakwa/
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Designated places in British Columbia
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
Shuswap Country
Populated places in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District
Chinook Jargon place names
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