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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.

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• rent a canoe or boat and tour Shuswap Lake

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• 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

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[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

Kamloops ← Salmon Arm ←	W  E	→ Revelstoke → Banff
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