Squilax Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia

Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. NE end of Little Shuswap Lake, Kamloops Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

Squilax: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Squilax

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Squilax

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Squilax Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Squilax

References to Squilax that document the origin of its place name

Squilax (Railway Station) adopted 3 November 1932 on 82L/NW at 50° 52' 15" - 119° 34' 25"; form of name changed to Squilax (Community) and coordinates adjusted 9 September 1994 on 82 L/11.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

The community stretches around the shore at the northeast end of Little Shuswap Lake, on Quaaout Indian Reserve 1.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

"[Indigenous] name meaning "bear". The authors vividly remember visiting an old, old [Indigenous man] named Michel Toma, who was a young buck when the CPR was building its transcontinental line at Squilax. He told them that a black bear had wandered out from the woods and along the cleared strip where the tracks were to be laid. The men laying the tracks asked the Indigenous onlookers what they called a black bear in their language. "Squilax," replied the[onlookers], and so this station got its name."

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973.  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Columbia-Shuswap Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27