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Ethnic group
Shuswap Country
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The
Shuswap Country
, or simply
the Shuswap
(pronounced /??uː?w?ːp/) and called
Secwepemcul?ecw
in
Secwepemctsin
, 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 the
Monashee Country
rather than "the Shuswap". Roughly defined, the Shuswap Country begins on its west at the town of
Chase
, located on
Little Shuswap Lake
, west of which is the South Thompson area of the
Thompson Country
, and includes
Adams Lake
to the northwest of Shuswap Lake as well as communities in the
Eagle River
area as far as
Craigellachie
and/or
Three Valley Gap
, which is at the summit of
Eagle Pass
, beyond which eastwards is the
Columbia Country
.
Settlements and towns
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Usages
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The Shuswap is often referred to in tandem form:
Kamloops-Shuswap
,
Columbia-Shuswap
,
Okanagan-Shuswap
/Shuswap-Okanagan.
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50°56′N
119°07′W
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50.93°N 119.12°W
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50.93; -119.12