Help Wikitravel grow by contributing to an article. Learn how.
Sicamous
From Wikitravel
North America : Canada : British Columbia : Thompson-Okanagan : Shuswap : Sicamous
Sicamous [1] is a city in Shuswap region of British Columbia. It is situated on the eastern end of Shuswap Lake and is known as the Houseboat Capital of Canada.
[edit] Get in
The town is located at the junction of the Trans-Canada Highway 1 and BC Highway 97A. Driving from Vancouver, it a little past the half-way point to Calgary.
[edit] Get around
[edit][add listing] See
[edit][add listing] Do
- rent a canoe or boat and tour Shuswap Lake
[edit][add listing] Buy
[edit][add listing] Eat
[edit][add listing] Drink
[edit][add listing] Sleep
- Best Western Sicamous Inn, 806 Trans Canada Highway E, ☎ 1.800.485.7698 (toll-free) or +1 250.836.4117 (62108@hotel.bestwestern.com), [2]. checkin: 3PM; checkout: 12PM. Standard room with two queen beds starts at $145 in the summer and $100 in the off season. edit
[edit] Contact
[edit] Get out
- Kelowna and the Okanagan, with its skifields, beaches and wineries, is an 1-2 hour drive south of town on Highway 97A.
- The Last Spike, Trans-Canada Highway, Craigellachie (located on Highway 1, 25 km east of Sicamous). Gift shop and info center open May-Oct. A plaque and display commemorate the site where the last spike in the Canadian Trans-Continental railway was hammered in. edit
| Routes through Sicamous |
| Kamloops ← Salmon Arm ← | W | → Revelstoke → Banff |
| END ← | N | → Enderby → Kelowna |
| This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow! |

