The Shuswap Country, or simply the Shuswap (pronounced /ˈʃuːʃwɑːp/) and called Secwepemcúl̓ecw in
Secwepemctsín, is a term used in the
Canadian province
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of
British Columbia
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to refer to the environs 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 ...
. The upper reaches of the Shuswap basin, southeast of Shuswap Lake and northeast of the Okanagan, are generally considered to be part of
Okanagan
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or of the
Monashee Country rather than "the Shuswap". Roughly defined, the Shuswap Country begins on its west at the town of
Chase, located on
Little Shuswap Lake, west of which is the South Thompson area of the
Thompson Country, and includes
Adams Lake to the northwest of Shuswap Lake as well as communities in the
Eagle River area as far as
Craigellachie and/or
Three Valley Gap, which is at the summit of
Eagle Pass, beyond which eastwards is the
Columbia Country.
Settlements and towns
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Chase
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Enderby (also considered part of the
Okanagan
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)
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Falkland
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Grindrod (also considered part of the Okanagan)
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Salmon Arm
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Canoe
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Sicamous
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Malakwa
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Celista
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Scotch Creek
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Sorrento
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Seymour Arm
Usages
The Shuswap is often referred to in tandem form:
Kamloops-Shuswap,
Columbia-Shuswap,
Okanagan-Shuswap/Shuswap-Okanagan.
See also
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Kamloops-Shuswap, former federal electoral district
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Okanagan-Shuswap, current federal electoral district
Interior of British Columbia
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