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 The North Shuswap is a well-liked holiday getaway in the interior of British Columbia. Enjoy a paradise of striking sights featuring the warm-water Shuswap Lake, beautiful villages, charming bays, gorgeous sandy beaches, encampments, picnic areas, and hiking trails. The villages in the North Shuswap include Scotch Creek, Anglemont, Lee Creek, Magna Bay, Seymour Arm, Celista, and St. Ives. The north shore of Shuswap Lake is where the world-renowned Adams River salmon flow takes place. It is also the area of the popular Shuswap Lake Provincial Park.
Outdoor adventure fans are drawn to the North Shuswap. Several activities are available, including mountaineering, bicycling, camping, horseback riding, golfing, fishing, cross-country skiing, para-sailing, river rafting, and snowmobiling. Wildlife enthusiasts can enjoy the nature trails and options to observe wildlife. The place is known for swimming and boating in the tepid, clean waters of Shuswap Lake. It is celebrated as one of many warmest summer season lakes in British Columbia.
Years before pioneers settled in North Shuswap in 1895, the area was abode to the First Nations people. Logging, fruit cultivation, plus trapping are the vocations the first settlers do to make their livelihood. Water offered transportation, with a ferry plying the waters between Sorrento and Scotch Creek from 1914 - 1956, till a bridge was constructed at Squilax in 1930. Small trails served as tracks between homesteads and the lake. Ultimately, these trails were broadened, and a gravel road was constructed linking Scotch Creek and Anglemont. The road became cemented in the 1960s.
The financial stronghold of North Shuswap is tourism. Also, forestry, wood products, agriculture and service industries are some other sources of the economy.
How one can get the North Shuswap:
The North Shuswap is situated on the north shore of Shuswap Lake, in the Thompson Okanagan area of BC. From Kamloops, the ride is 1 hour, from Kelowna two and half hours, and from Vancouver 5 hours. To reach there, take the Squilax Bridge off Highway 1 between Sorrento and Chase. You are in the North Shuswap when you cross the bridge over the Adams River. Travel east along the north coast of Shuswap Lake on the Squilax-Anglemont Highway, a well-maintained, charming highway. The tarred part of the highway ends after fifty five km at St. Ives; from there, a gravel path leads you to village of Seymour Arm.
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