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 Several parks are situated on the shores of Shuswap Lake, located in south-central British Columbia, Canada. Known as the Shuswap Country or "the Shuswap", the region is noted for its recreational lakeshore communities and a lake system with more than 1,000 km. of pristine shoreline. The area is known for its gorgeous scenery and untouched environment.
Houseboating is popular in the Shuswap, where the largest houseboat fleet in Canada is found. It is also one of the largest in the world. Imagine restfully floating along the lake with friends and family under blue skies while gazing at spectacular mountain scenery.
The Shuswap's many parks include Shuswap Lake Provincial Park, Shuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park, Silver Beach Provincial Park, the Cinnemousun Narrows Provincial Park, and Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, site of the Adams River Sockeye Run.
Shuswap Lake drains through the Little River into Little Shuswap Lake, which is the source of the South Thompson River, a tributary of the Fraser River.
Visitors usually begin exploring Shuswap Lake at Sicamous, the service center for Shuswap marine park and center of the houseboat fleet. There are plenty of opportunities to rent marinas and watercraft.
The H-shaped Shuswap Lake has four large arms: Anstey Arm, Seymour Arm, Shuswap Lake Main Arm, and Salmon Arm. The four arms converge at Cinnemousun Narrows, northeast of Sicamous. Glaciers scoured the arms and rounded the surrounding Shuswap Highlands.
To the north-west the Lake is fed by the Adams River, which flows from Adams Lake. Shuswap Lake connects to Mara Lake at the Sicamous Channel. Mara Lake is connected by the Shuswap River. In the east, the Eagle River flows down from the Eagle Pass in the Monashees and connects with the lake at Sicamous. The Salmon River flows into the lake at Salmon Arm in the south-west. In the north the Seymour River empties into the Seymour Arm. Countless creeks feed the lake, including Scotch Creek, which runs south to the north shore of the main arm, near the community of Scotch Creek.
The First Nations people know as the Shuswap or Secwepemc are the most northern of the Interior Salish peoples, and their territory encompasses the Shuswap.
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