Sicamous

{{Infobox settlement | name = Sicamous | official_name = District of Sicamous | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = Siccy | settlement_type = District municipality | motto = Houseboat Capital of Canada | image_skyline = Sicamous aerial view 2018.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Canada British Columbia | pushpin_label_position = none | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Sicamous in British Columbia | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = British Columbia | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Shuswap Country | subdivision_type3 = Regional district | subdivision_name3 = Columbia-Shuswap | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = Town | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Colleen Anderson | leader_title1 = Governing&nbsp;body | leader_name1 = SSDT | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = | established_date = 2013 | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 12.8 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 2,613 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | timezone = PST | utc_offset = −08:00 | timezone_DST = PDT | utc_offset_DST = −07:00 | coordinates = | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use At the BC Highway 97A intersection on BC Highway 1, the locality is by road about west of Revelstoke, east of Kamloops, and north of Vernon.

==First Nations and fur traders== The Secwepemc (Shuswap) First Nations have long inhabited the shores of Shuswap and Mara lakes, evidenced by the presence of pit-houses dating back over 3,200 years. An annual potlach was held at the mouth of the Eagle River. In the 1840s, an encampment existed west of the narrows on the slopes later called CPR hill.