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1. Adams Lake ~ River (Sorrento, 4km)
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Adams Lake - Appears as 'choo choo ach' (see Chu Chua) on Archibald McDonald's 1827 map of 'Thompson's River District.' |
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2. Anglemont (Sorrento, 4km)
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The name was coined in 1914 by W.A. Hudson, first postmaster here. Hudson derived Anglemont from nearby Angle Mountain, so named about 1877 by G.M. Dawson. |
| 3. Chum Creek 2 (Sorrento, 4km)
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| 4. Meadow Creek 3 (Sorrento, 4km)
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| 5. Notch Hill (Sorrento, 4km)
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6. Sorrento / Notch Hill (Sorrento, 4km)
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Notch Hill - So named by G.M. Dawson because of the gap in the hills here through which the CPR mainline runs. |
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7. White Lake (Sorrento, 4km)
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White Lake - There is a pronounced showing of lime on the bottom near the shore. |
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8. Celista (Scotch Creek, 6km)
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When a post office was to be established here in 1908 and the residents could not agree on a suitable name for it, the postal authorities suggested that it be named after Celesta Creek. |
| 9. Hustalen 1 (Scotch Creek, 6km)
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10. Lee Creek / Jack Lee Creek (Scotch Creek, 6km)
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Jack Lee Creek - After Jack Lee, a popular guide, who has been described as 'slight and wiry with quick slogging strides.' |
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11. Scotch Creek / Copper Island / Magna Bay / Pukeashun Mountain / Skwaam Bay (Scotch Creek, 6km)
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Copper Island so named since Walter Moberly found traces of copper on its southwest corner in 1865. The island's Shuswap Indian name, anglicized as 'Hum-tat-qua,' means 'something sitting in the water.' |
| 12. Shuswap Lake Park (Scotch Creek, 6km)
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| 13. St. Ives (Scotch Creek, 6km)
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| 14. Woods Landing (Scotch Creek, 6km)
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| 15. Balmoral (Blind Bay, 5km)
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| 16. Blind Bay (Blind Bay, 5km)
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| 17. Eagle Bay (Blind Bay, 5km)
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| 18. Magna Bay (Blind Bay, 5km)
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| 19. Kamloops 2 (Tappen, 10km)
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| 20. North Bay 5 (Tappen, 10km)
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| 21. Paradise Point (Tappen, 10km)
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22. Tappen / Herald Provincial Park / Kault Hill / Skimikin Creek (Tappen, 10km)
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Herald Provincial Park - Dr. Dundas Herald acquired this fine lakefront property in 1906. In 1975 the provincial government purchased the land from Miss Jessie Herald but retained the family name for the park that it then established. |
| 23. Momich Lakes Park (Magna Bay, 17km)
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| 24. Pukeashun Park (Magna Bay, 17km)
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| 25. Broadview (Salmon Arm, 20km)
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| 26. Mara Meadows Ecological Reserve (Salmon Arm, 20km)
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| 27. Mara Meadows Park (Salmon Arm, 20km)
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28. Salmon Arm (City) / Shuswap Lake (Salmon Arm, 20km)
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Salmon Arm - Takes its name from Shuswap Lake's southwest arm, which in turn was named back in the days when the salmon swarmed up its creeks and river in such numbers that the settlers pitchforked them out of the water and |
| 29. Salmon River 1 (Salmon Arm, 20km)
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| 30. Seymour Arm (Salmon Arm, 20km)
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| 31. Silver Creek (Salmon Arm, 20km)
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| 32. South Canoe (Salmon Arm, 20km)
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| 33. Sweetsbridge (Salmon Arm, 20km)
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| 34. Switsemalph 3 (Salmon Arm, 20km)
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| 35. Switsemalph 6 (Salmon Arm, 20km)
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| 36. Switsemalph 7 (Salmon Arm, 20km)
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| 37. Upper Violet Creek Park (Salmon Arm, 20km)
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38. Canoe / Engineers Point (Canoe, 18km)
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Reputedly early white travellers were impressed by the number of Indian dugout canoes drawn up on the fine beach here. |
| 39. Herald Park (Canoe, 18km)
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| 40. White Lake Park (Eagle Bay, 18km)
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