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The name is derived from a [[Shuswap language]] word, either "spil-a-mi-shine" meaning "flat mouth", or "spal-lum-shin" meaning "meadow flat". Another word, ''spalmtsin'', which has an [[Okanagan language]] cognate ''spelemtsin'', means "flat area along edge". Other variations include ''Spellmacheen'' and ''Spallamcheen'', which were the original names used for the [[Shuswap River]], which exits the [[Shuswap Highland]] in this area and heads north to [[Mara Lake|Mara]] and [[Shuswap Lake]]s. The same word is the source of the mame of the [[Spillimacheen River]] and the [[Spillimacheen, British Columbia|settlement of the same name]] in the [[Columbia Valley]].<ref>Geological Survey of Canada Report 1877-78, by G.M. Dawson</ref><ref>Claudet's Report of his trip to Cherry Creek in 1867, refers to the river as "Spellmacheen". (12th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1948, citing G.M. Dawson's 1877-78 Geological Survey Report, p.27B</ref><ref>Dawson, "Shuswap", 43; Ok, 6:136-138, 10:66).</ref><ref>Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997</ref> |
The name is derived from a [[Shuswap language]] word, either "spil-a-mi-shine" meaning "flat mouth", or "spal-lum-shin" meaning "meadow flat". Another word, ''spalmtsin'', which has an [[Okanagan language]] cognate ''spelemtsin'', means "flat area along edge". Other variations include ''Spellmacheen'' and ''Spallamcheen'', which were the original names used for the [[Shuswap River]], which exits the [[Shuswap Highland]] in this area and heads north to [[Mara Lake|Mara]] and [[Shuswap Lake]]s. The same word is the source of the mame of the [[Spillimacheen River]] and the [[Spillimacheen, British Columbia|settlement of the same name]] in the [[Columbia Valley]].<ref>Geological Survey of Canada Report 1877-78, by G.M. Dawson</ref><ref>Claudet's Report of his trip to Cherry Creek in 1867, refers to the river as "Spellmacheen". (12th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1948, citing G.M. Dawson's 1877-78 Geological Survey Report, p.27B</ref><ref>Dawson, "Shuswap", 43; Ok, 6:136-138, 10:66).</ref><ref>Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[Spallumcheen Indian Band]] |
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Revision as of 05:50, 27 October 2010
- This article is about the district municipality in the North Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada. For the similarly-named town in the Columbia Valley/East Kootenay, see Spillimacheen, British Columbia.
Spallumcheen is a district municipality in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Located in the Okanagan region between Vernon and Enderby, the township had a population of 4,960 in the Canada 2006 Census. The district, whose official name is the Township of Spallumcheen and which is the oldest rural municipality in the British Columbia Interior, consists primarily of agricultural land surrounding the separately incorporated City of Armstrong. Both Spallumcheen and Armstrong are member municipalities of the Regional District of North Okanagan.
Name origin
The name is derived from a Shuswap language word, either "spil-a-mi-shine" meaning "flat mouth", or "spal-lum-shin" meaning "meadow flat". Another word, spalmtsin, which has an Okanagan language cognate spelemtsin, means "flat area along edge". Other variations include Spellmacheen and Spallamcheen, which were the original names used for the Shuswap River, which exits the Shuswap Highland in this area and heads north to Mara and Shuswap Lakes. The same word is the source of the mame of the Spillimacheen River and the settlement of the same name in the Columbia Valley.[1][2][3][4]
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- ^ Geological Survey of Canada Report 1877-78, by G.M. Dawson
- ^ Claudet's Report of his trip to Cherry Creek in 1867, refers to the river as "Spellmacheen". (12th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1948, citing G.M. Dawson's 1877-78 Geological Survey Report, p.27B
- ^ Dawson, "Shuswap", 43; Ok, 6:136-138, 10:66).
- ^ Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997