Pinantan Lake is a small community located about 20 minutes out of
Kamloops
Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the South flowing North Thompson River and the West flowing Thompson River, east of Kamloops Lake. It is located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, w ...
, BC.
It is home to a
general store, a resort, a small school and about 500 residents.
The lake itself is actually two parts, usually referred to as Big Pinantan and Little Pinantan. It is a small lake that only allows electric motors.
The name Pinantan means shoe or
moccasin
A moccasin is a shoe, made of deerskin or other soft leather, consisting of a sole (made with leather that has not been "worked") and sides made of one piece of leather, stitched together at the top, and sometimes with a vamp (additional panel o ...
in traditional
Aboriginal
Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to:
*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
*One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...
language. It was named this because its shape resembles a moccasin.
External links
travel.bc.ca: Pinantan Lakepinantan.net: Country Life Pinantan LakePinantan Lake
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
Populated places in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District
Thompson Country
Lakes of British Columbia
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