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Chase, BC (Nearby: Squilax, Turtle Valley, Lee Creek, Adams Lake, Shuswap)

123 Chase St
Chase, British Columbia
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British Columbia Tourism Region : Thompson Okanagan

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Squilax - The authors vividly remember visiting an old Indian, Michel Toma, who was young when the CPR was building its transcontinental line at Squilax.
He mentioned that a black bear had wandered out from the woods and along the cleared strip where the tracks were to be laid. The men laying the tracks asked the Indian onlookers what they called a black bear in their language.
'Squilax,' replied the Indians, and so this station got its name. (Only in the Chase or eastern dialect of the Shuswap Indian language is this the word for black bear.)
With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.

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Attractions:	Chum Creek 2, 2km Stequmwhulpa 5, 3km Quaaout 1, 2km Tsútswecw Park, 5km Turtle Valley, 6km Lee Creek / Jack Lee Creek, 6km Toops 3, 9km Meadow Creek 3, 8km Hustalen 1, 9km Adams Lake ~ River, 12km Shuswap, 12km Scotch Creek 4, 10km Sorrento / Notch Hill, 10km Sahhaltkum 4, 12km Neskonlith 1, 14km Scotch Creek / Copper Island / Magna Bay / Pukeashun Mountain / Skwaam Bay, 12km Adams Lake Park, 15km	Neskonlith 2, 16km Shuswap Lake Park, 13km Notch Hill, 13km Niskonlith Lake Park, 15km Banana Island Park, 20km Blind Bay, 16km Balmoral, 19km Squaam 2, 26km Adams Lake Marine Park, 30km Celista, 20km Pritchard / Campbell Creek / Monte Creek / Neds Creek, 26km Pillar Park, 32km Martin Prairie, 27km Pritchard Park, 26km Tappen / Herald Provincial Park / Kault Hill / Skimikin Creek, 22km Gleneden, 24km Carlin, 22km	North Bay 5, 23km White Lake, 22km Switsemalph 3, 26km Switsemalph 6, 26km Duck Range, 33km Magna Bay, 25km Switsemalph 7, 29km Sunnybrae, 27km Silver Creek, 35km Falkland / Miller Lake / Pillar Lake, 42km White Lake Park, 27km Broadview, 31km Canoe / Engineers Point, 30km Eagle Bay, 29km Monte Creek Park, 34km Monte Creek, 34km
Nearby Lakes and Mountains:	Little Shuswap Lake, 4km Chum Lake, 6km Mount Boysse, 7km Banshee Lake, 5km Squilax Mountain, 5km Phillips Lake, 10km Aylmer Lake, 8km Mount Scatchard, 11km Tsalkom Mountain, 9km Skmana Lake, 8km Kosta Lake, 9km Mount Chase, 14km Fleming Lake, 13km Black Mountain, 11km Haggen Lake, 15km Pement Lake, 16km Bryden Lake, 16km	Bray Lake, 16km Harper Lake, 17km Mount Hilliam, 13km Nikwikwaia Lakes, 20km Skimikin Lake, 15km Niskonlith Lake, 15km Dennis Lake, 14km Morrisey Lake, 15km Gilfrid Lake, 23km McGillivray Lake, 16km Santabin Lake, 17km Little McGillivray Lake, 17km Mount Riley, 20km Mount Wallensteen, 26km Pisima Mountain, 26km Miller Lake, 27km Loftus Lake, 18km	Ukulele Lake, 28km Rabie Lake, 18km Sun Peaks, 19km Wallensteen Lake, 27km Mount Tappen, 22km Mossy Lake, 19km Cahilty Lake, 20km Mount Cahilty, 21km Pillar Lake, 31km Kernaghan Lake, 30km Mount Morrisey, 20km Pisima Lake, 31km Adams Lake, 33km Little White Lake, 21km Mount Martin, 31km Little Lichen Mountain, 28km

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