Vacationing at Shuswap Lake

Situated in south-central BC, Canada are several parks on the shores of Shuswap Lake. Usually referred to as the "the Shuswap" or Shuswap Country, the place is famous for its lake system with greater than 1,000 km. of pristine shoreline and its leisure lakeshore communities. The location is recognized for its beautiful sight and unaffected environment.

In Shuswap, houseboating is very accepted. Also, the biggest fleet of houseboats in Canada can be found here. In actual fact, it is one of the largest in world. Think about restfully perched along the lake with family and friends beneath blue skies while looking at outstanding mountain views.

The Shuswap's countless parks embrace Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, Shuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park, Silver Beach Provincial Park, the Cinnemousun Narrows Provincial Park and Shuswap Lake Provincial Park, site of the Adams River Sockeye Run.

Shuswap Lake drains by way of the Little River into Little Shuswap Lake, which is the spring of the South Thompson River, a offshoot of the Fraser River.

Visitors normally start visiting Shuswap Lake at Sicamous, the service center for Shuswap marine park and hub of the houseboat fleet. People have loads of choices to hire watercraft and marinas.

There are 4 large arms of H-shaped Shuswap Lake: Shuswap Lake Main Arm, Anstey Arm, Seymour Arm and Salmon Arm. The 4 arms converge northeast of Sicamous at Cinnemousun Narrows. Glaciers scoured the arms and rounded the surrounding Shuswap Highlands.

To the north-west the Lake is fed by the Adams River, which flows from Adams Lake. Shuswap Lake links to Mara Lake on the Sicamous Channel. Mara Lake is connected by the Shuswap River. On the east, the Eagle River flows down from the Eagle Pass in the Monashees and connects with the lake at Sicamous. The Salmon River flows into the lake at Salmon Arm in the south-west. In the north the Seymour River empties into the Seymour Arm. Numerous creeks supply the lake, including Scotch Creek, which runs south to the north shore of the major arm, close to the community of Scotch Creek.

People of the most northern of the Interior Salish are the First Nations people that everyone knows as the Shuswap or Secwepemc. Their ground encompasses the Shuswap.