Tsútswecw Provincial Park is a

provincial park Ischigualasto Provincial Park A provincial park (or territorial park) is a park administered by one of the provinces of a country, as opposed to a national park. They are similar to state parks in other countries. They are typically open to the ...

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, located northeast of

Kamloops Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North Thompson River, North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake. The city is the ad ...

and northwest of

Salmon Arm Salmon Arm is a city in the Columbia Shuswap Regional District of the Southern Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia that has a population of 19,432 (2021). Salmon Arm was voted the best community in British Columbia in 2019. Salm ...

. It stretches along the banks of the Adams River, between the south end of

Adams Lake Adams Lake is a deep, cold-water lake in south-central British Columbia, which separates the Thompson Country, Thompson and Shuswap Country, Shuswap regions and the Thompson–Nicola Regional District, Thompson–Nicola and Columbia–Shuswap R ...

and the western portion of

Shuswap Lake Shuswap Lake (pronounced /ˈʃuːʃwɑːp/) is a lake located in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada that drains via the Little Shuswap River into Little Shuswap Lake. Little Shuswap Lake is the source of the South Thompson River ...

It is known for being one of the largest

sockeye salmon The sockeye salmon (''Oncorhynchus nerka''), also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, blueback salmon, or simply sockeye, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it. This species is a ...

runs in North America. A dominant year occurs every four years when millions of sockeye salmon spawn in the Adams River. The last dominant run was in October 2014, the next in 2018, with "sub-dominant" runs in 2007 and 2011. The Adams River Salmon Society coordinates the celebration known as the "Salute to the Sockeye" during the dominant years. The park preserves evidence of thousands of years of Secwepemc habitation, including the remains of kekuli pit houses and

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on the exposed rock of the river's gorge. It also preserves features from early European resource extraction; the Flume trails in the north of the park showcase the massive

flume A flume is a human-made channel for water, in the form of an open declined gravity chute whose walls are raised above the surrounding terrain, in contrast to a trench or ditch. Flumes are not to be confused with aqueducts, which are built to t ...

s built to move logs from nearby areas into the Adams River for transport. In August of 2023, large portions of the park were burned by the Bush Creek East forest fire. The park's name, pronounced "choo-chwek", is a Secwepemc term meaning "many rivers" and reflects the name of the area used by First Nations peoples. The park's former name references

Roderick Haig-Brown Roderick Langmere Haig-Brown (February 21, 1908 – October 9, 1976) was a Canadian writer and conservationist. Early life Haig-Brown was born in Lancing, Sussex, England on February 21, 1908. His father, Alan Haig-Brown, was a teacher a ...

, a Canadian writer and conservationist.

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* * Parks in the Shuswap Country Provincial parks of British Columbia 1977 establishments in British Columbia Protected areas established in 1977 {{BritishColumbia-park-stub