Mara Lake
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| The Mara Lake from the shore in the Mara Provincial Park from | ||
| Geographical location | Shuswap Country , British Columbia , Canada | |
| Tributaries | Shuswap River | |
| Drain | Sicamous Narrows → Shuswap Lake | |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ N , 119 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Mara Lake is a lake in the Shuswap Country the Canadian province of British Columbia . It is located immediately south of Sicamous parish and north of Enderby parish . The Shuswap River , which rises in the Monashee Mountains and flows eastwards, flows as a tributary . The drainage is formed by the Sicamous Narrows , which are a short channel-like flowing water and flow into Shuswap Lake ; at Sicamous they pass the Trans-Canada Highway and the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway . All of these waters belong to the catchment area of the South Thompson River , which is the outflow of Little Shuswap Lake .
The lake can be reached by ship from Shuswap Lahich and is a popular place for boating; except for Mara Provincial Park, its banks are on the Mara Point Site of Shuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park .
Origin of name
The lake is named after John Andrew Mara , a trader, rancher, and politician from Toronto.
history
From June 1915 to July 1917, an internment camp consisted of tents and barracks on Mara Lake.
Nearby towns
The Sicamous region is visited by many tourists every summer. An estimated 90% of the population of nearby Swansea Point is only present seasonally, plus thousands of visitors in July and August.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shuswap Lake Marine Park . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- ^ 12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society , 1948, citing Frank Gosnell, p. 346; Mark Sweeten Wade, p. 164
- ^ Internment Camps in Canada during the First and Second World Wars, Library and Archives Canada .