District of Sechelt Sunshine Coast Regional District, British Columbia
District Municipality (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a district municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. S end of Sechelt Peninsula, New Westminster Land District
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District of Sechelt: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on District of Sechelt
- Feature Type: Incorporated
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for District of Sechelt
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| District of Sechelt | Official |
Origin Notes and History of District of Sechelt
References to District of Sechelt that document the origin of its place name
Sechelt (Post Office & Summer Resort) adopted 12 December 1939 on 92 SE, as labelled on BC map 2A, 1913. Form of name changed to Sechelt (Post Office & Settlement) 28 July 1945 on C.3579. Incorporated as a Village Municipality 15 February 1956; confirmed as Sechelt (Village) 3 April 1959 on 92G and in 1966 BC Gazetteer. Re-incorporated as a District Municipality per Order in Council 30 June 1986, called District of Sechelt.
Sechelt Post Office was opened 1 March 1896.
The Sechelt First Nation now spells its name Shíshálh, after its language, Sháshíshálem, which is a branch of Salishan. Many variants of the name have been recorded over the years, including Seashelth, Seshal and Sicatl. The Sechelt people were the first aboriginal group in Canada to achieve self-government, in 1986. They live today mostly at Ch’átlich in the Sechelt Indian Government District, where Paul Durieu established a Roman Catholic Oblate mission in 1868; a large church and residential school were later erected. The non-Native community of Sechelt, which got its start in 1890s with Herbert Whitaker’s development of a hotel and store, is adjacent to Ch’átlich. Nearby Sechelt Creek and Sechelt Lake are also named after this First Nation group. Sechelt Inlet (or Álhtúlich in Sháshíshálem) is the site of several small provincial marine parks. The Sechelt Rapids in Skookumchuck Narrows can reach a peak of 14 knots (26km/h).
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A Bibliography for District of Sechelt, Sunshine Coast Regional District, British Columbia
The Sunshine Coast from Gibsons to Powell River by Howard White
British Columbia's Sunshine Coast is a sublimely scenic 160-kilometre stretch of waterfront between Howe Sound and Desolation Sound, reached by a 40-minute ferry ride from West Vancouver. Join Howard White, award-winning humorist and lifelong coast denizen, on a guided tour from Gibsons, where the long-running TV series The Beachcombers was filmed, to Powell River, the largest community in the region. Along the way, sojourn in Roberts Creek, whose patron saint, the irrepressible Harry Roberts, invented the name "Sunshine Coast." Stop over in Sechelt, named for the Shi'sha'lh or Sechelt Nation who once occupied the bulk of the Sunshine Coast territory. Follow the seriously twisty highway to visit Pender Harbour, where some local fishing folk still do their Saturday shopping in kicker boats. Drop anchor in Princess Louisa Inlet, and discover why the likes of John Barrymore and Andrew Carnegie once came to marvel at its canyon-like splendour. With paintings by local artists, poems by local poets, tall tales by local characters, miracles by Sechelt medicine men, tips on predicting the weather, a fair share of risqué gossip about historical figures, a good mix of bold opinions and hard facts and over 150 beautiful colour photographs, The Sunshine Coast is a book to be treasured, not just by residents and visitors, but by anyone with an eye for fascinating places. First published in 1996, this fully revised edition contains updated text and all new photographs of coast life from the area's most talented photographers including Dean van't Schip and Keith Thirkell.
127 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm
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Sunshine Coast Regional District
- Billings Bay
- Buccaneer Bay
- Camp Artaban
- Davis Bay
- Donnely Landing
- Doriston
- Earls Cove
- Eastbourne
- Egmont
- Ekins Point
- Elphinstone
- Gambier Harbour
- Garden Bay
- Town of Gibsons
- Granthams Landing
- Halfmoon Bay
- Hopkins Landing
- Irvines Landing
- Keats Island
- Kleindale
- Langdale
- Madeira Park
- McNab Creek
- New Brighton
- Pope Landing
- Port Mellon
- Redroofs
- Roberts Creek
- Seaside Park
- District of Sechelt
- Secret Cove
- Selma Park
- Tuwanek
- Twin Creeks
- Vaucroft Beach
- Welcome Beach
- Williamsons Landing
- Wilson Creek
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2023-09-27