Canim Lake
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Canim Lake is a lake in British Columbia, Canada. Its west end is 36 km northeast of 100 Mile House. "Canim" means a type of large canoe in the Chinook Jargon. Canim Lake is 26.5 km long. It is also part of the territory of the Shuswap First Nation where the ancestors are part of the Lake Division of the Shuswap nation of the Interior Nations of British Columbia. The Reilly Commission states that the 2,029 hectares region around Canim Lake are set aside for the Shuswap First Nation. In the summer of 1995, there was an archaeological evidence of an ancient civilization and evidence of carbon dated as 4,300 old. ()
Alternative names: Area: 21.66 mi²Length: 16.47 miMaximum depth: 684 ftElevation: 2667 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°50'59"N, 120°45'50"W
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British Columbia
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Canim Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Howard Lake.
British Columbia