1. Chase (Village) / Niskonlith Lake (Chase, 8km)
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After Whitfield Chase (1820-96). A native of New York state, Chase came west over the Oregon Trail in 1852. For some years he worked as a carpenter and unprofitably prospected for gold on the Fraser and Thompson Rivers. |
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2. Gleneden (Chase, 8km)
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3. Neskonlith 1 (Chase, 8km)
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4. Neskonlith 2 (Chase, 8km)
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5. Niskonlith Lake Park (Chase, 8km)
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6. Sahhaltkum 4 (Chase, 8km)
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7. Scotch Creek 4 (Chase, 8km)
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8. Shuswap (Chase, 8km)
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9. Squilax (Chase, 8km)
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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. |
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10. Stequmwhulpa 5 (Chase, 8km)
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11. Turtle Valley (Chase, 8km)
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12. Adams Lake ~ River (Sorrento, 10km)
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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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13. Anglemont (Sorrento, 10km)
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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. |
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14. Chum Creek 2 (Sorrento, 10km)
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15. Meadow Creek 3 (Sorrento, 10km)
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16. Notch Hill (Sorrento, 10km)
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17. Sorrento / Notch Hill (Sorrento, 10km)
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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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18. White Lake (Sorrento, 10km)
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White Lake - There is a pronounced showing of lime on the bottom near the shore. |
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19. Celista (Scotch Creek, 12km)
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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. |
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20. Hustalen 1 (Scotch Creek, 12km)
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21. Lee Creek / Jack Lee Creek (Scotch Creek, 12km)
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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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22. Scotch Creek / Copper Island / Magna Bay / Pukeashun Mountain / Skwaam Bay (Scotch Creek, 12km)
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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.' |
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23. Shuswap Lake Park (Scotch Creek, 12km)
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24. St. Ives (Scotch Creek, 12km)
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25. Woods Landing (Scotch Creek, 12km)
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26. Balmoral (Blind Bay, 16km)
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27. Blind Bay (Blind Bay, 16km)
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28. Eagle Bay (Blind Bay, 16km)
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29. Magna Bay (Blind Bay, 16km)
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30. Adams Lake Park (Sun Peaks, 19km)
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31. Sun Peaks (Mountain Resort Municipality) (Sun Peaks, 19km)
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