Shuswap
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ShuswapShuswap ( may refer to:
- SecwepemcSecwepemcThe Secwepemc , known in English as the Shuswap people, are a First Nations people residing in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Their traditional territory ranges from the eastern Chilcotin Plateau and the Cariboo Plateau southeast through the Thompson Country to Kamloops and the Shuswap...
- an indigenous people in British Columbia, Canada, also known in English as the Shuswap - Shuswap languageShuswap languageThe Shuswap language, known to its speakers as Secwepemctsín , is the traditional language of the Shuswap people of British Columbia. An endangered language, Shuswap is spoken mainly in the Central and Southern interior of British Columbia between the Fraser River and the Rocky Mountains...
- a language spoken by the Secwepemc- Shuswap Nation Tribal CouncilShuswap Nation Tribal CouncilThe Shuswap Nation Tribal Council is a First Nations Tribal Council in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Based in the Thompson and Shuswap Districts of the Central Interior, although including one band on the upper Columbia River in the East Kootenay region...
- a multi-band regional organization of Secwepemc governments based in Kamloops, British Columbia - Northern Shuswap Tribal CouncilNorthern Shuswap Tribal CouncilThe Northern Shuswap Tribal Council, also called the Cariboo Tribal Council, is a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia...
- aka the Cariboo Tribal Council, a multi-band regional organization of Secwepemc governments based in Williams Lake, British Columbia - Shuswap Indian BandShuswap Indian BandThe Shuswap Indian Band is a member government of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council and also of the Ktunaxa Kinbasket Tribal Council, located in the East Kootenay region of the Canadian province of British Columbia...
- aka the Shuswap First Nation, a member government of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council and the Ktunaxa Kinbasket Tribal Council - Shuswap Indian ReserveShuswap Indian ReserveThe Shuswap Indian Reserve is an Indian Reserve in the Columbia Valley region of British Columbia, Canada, located on the left bank of the Columbia River one mile north of Invermere...
, an Indian Reserve located in Invermere, British Columbia under the jurisdiction of the Shuswap Indian Band - Shuswap, British Columbia, a locality adjacent to and including that Indian Reserve
- Shuswap Nation Tribal Council
- Shuswap RiverShuswap RiverThe basin of the Shuswap River lies northeast of the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. It is the upper part of the drainage better known to British Columbians as belonging to Shuswap Lake and the South Thompson River...
- a river in the Monashee Mountains and North Okaganan of British Columbia - Shuswap CountryShuswap CountryThe Shuswap Country, or simply "the Shuswap" is a term used in the Canadian province of British Columbia to refer to the environs of Shuswap Lake. The upper reaches of the Shuswap basin, southeast of Shuswap Lake and northeast of the Okanagan, are generally considered to be part of Okanagan or of...
- a region in the Interior of British Columbia, often called simply "the Shuswap" - Shuswap LakeShuswap LakeShuswap Lake is a lake located in south-central British Columbia, Canada that drains via the Little River into Little Shuswap Lake. Little Shuswap Lake is the source of the South Thompson River, a branch of the Thompson River, a tributary of the Fraser River...
- a lake that is the core of the same region - Shuswap Lake Provincial ParkShuswap Lake Provincial ParkShuswap Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.Shuswap Lake Provincial Park is located in the community of Scotch Creek, on the north shore of the main arm of Shuswap Lake in the Southern Interior of BC. The park is about 45 minutes north of Salmon Arm, and about 1...
- a provincial park in British Columbia - Shuswap (provincial electoral district)Shuswap (provincial electoral district)Shuswap is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.It is the successor riding to the old Salmon Arm riding. For other historical and current federal and provincial ridings in the Shuswap-Kamloops-North Okanagan, please see Kamloops and Okanagan...
- An electoral district, represented in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia - Shuswap-RevelstokeShuswap-RevelstokeShuswap-Revelstoke was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1979 to 1991. The riding was formed by merging the northern portions of the Revelstoke-Slocan riding with the Shuswap riding...
, a defunct electoral district in British Columbia, 1966-1986 - Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British ColumbiaColumbia-Shuswap Regional District, British ColumbiaThe Columbia-Shuswap Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the Southern Interior region on the Trans-Canada Highway between Vancouver and Calgary...
, a regional district government in British Columbia