Sicamous

SICAMOUS  () , district municipality, pop 2,720 (2001), nestles at the foot of the Eagle Valley on SHUSWAP and Mara lakes at the junction of the TRANS-CANADA HWY and Hwy 97A. The name is commonly believed to have been taken from the aboriginal Shick-a-mows, meaning "in the middle." Permanent settlement began in the 1880s during construction of the CPR in 1885. From its beginning as an outlet for N OKANAGAN farm products, Sicamous attained...

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