Shuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park is a 896-hectare provincial park

Provincial park

A provincial park is a park under the management of a provincial or territorial government in Canada.While provincial parks are not the same as national parks, their workings are very similar...

 in British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, comprising 991 ha. The Park has a variety of amenities including boat launch ramps, picnic areas, and 27 campsites around the perimeter of Shuswap Lake

Shuswap Lake

Shuswap 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...

. The lake's name and that of the surrounding Shuswap Country

Shuswap Country

The 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...

 is from the Shuswap people (Secwepemc

Secwepemc

The 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...

), the most northern of the Salishan speaking people.

Activities in the Park include all types of water sports, hiking, and fishing.

List of sites

• Albas Site; 120 ha. NW shore Seymour Arm, 51°12′15"N 119°00′20"W
• Aline Hill Site; 20 ha. S of Cennemousun Narrows
  Cinnemousun Narrows Provincial Park
  Cinnemousun Narrows Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on Shuswap Lake at the convergence of the lake's four arms.-References:*...
  
  , 50°56′25"N 119°20′20"W
• Anstey Beach Site; 4.5 ha. head of Anstey Arm, 51°07′50"N 118°54′00"W
• Anstey Arm West Site; 50 ha. W shore Anstey Arm, 51°06′25"N 118°54′40"W
• Anstey View Site; 12.5 ha. W shore Anstey Arm, 51°02′05"N 118°59′10"W
• Beach Bay Site; 35.9 ha. E side Seymour Arm, 51°10′00"N 118°59′55"W
• Cottonwood Beach Site; 12 ha. E shore Seymour Arm, 51°05′30"N 119°01′10"W
• Encounter Point Site; 41 ha. W shore Seymour Arm, 51°07′35"N 119°01′30"W
• Four Mile Creek Site; 90 ha. E shore Anstey Arm, 51°04′55"N 118°53′35"W
• Fowler Point Site; 21.4 ha. W shore Seymour Arm, near head, 51°13′30"N 118°58′45"W
• Hermit Bay Site; 78 ha. E side Salmon Arm (peninsula), 50°53′40"N 119°05′00"W
• Horseshoe Bay Site;11.36 ha. N shore Shuswap Lake, 50°58′30"N 119°07′00"W
• Hungry Cove Site; 86.2 ha. N of Sicamous Narrows, 50°52′40"N 119°02′30"W
• Marble Point Site; 174.9 ha. N of Sicamous Narrows, 50°55′05"N 119°01′40"W
• Neilsen Beach Site; 17.6 ha. E shore Seymour Arm, 51°01′20"N 119°01′45"W
• Paradise Point Site; 65.5 ha. N shore Salmon Arm; 50°48′25"N 119°09′40"W
• Rendezvous Picnic Site; 29 ha. W shore Anstey Arm, 51°05′00"N 118°55′00"W
• St.Ives Site; 5.5 ha. SW of Cinnemousun Narrows, 50°59′00"N 119°05′40"W
• Shuswap Lake East Site; 1.1 ha. SE of Cinnemousun Narrows, 50°57′55"N 118°59′00"W
• Tillis Beach Site; 27 ha. E side Salmon Arm (peninsula), 50°55′00"N 119°05′00"W
• Twin Bay Site; 15.3 ha. W shore Anstey Arm, 51°03′30"N 118°57′30"W
• Two Mile Creek Site; 17.1 ha. W shore Seymour Arm, 51°10′30"N 119°01′30"W
• Wood Landing Site; 17 ha. W shore Seymour Arm, 51°04′15"N 119°03′10"W
• Woods Landing South Site; 10.5 ha. W shore Seymour Arm, 51°02′55"N 119°03′30"W
• Wright Creek Site; 23 ha. E shore Seymour Arm, 51°08′05"N 118°59′20"W
• Roberts Bay Site; 26 ha. E shore Anstey Arm. 27. Mara Point Site; 5.8 ha. W shore Mara Lake
  Mara Lake
  Mara Lake is a lake in the Shuswap Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located immediately south of the community of Sicamous and to the north of the community of Enderby. It is the outlet of the Shuswap River, which begins in the Monashee Mountains to the east...
  
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External links

British Columbia.com. A visitor online guide.