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Mara Lake is a lake in the Shuswap Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located immediately south of the community of Sicamous and to the north of the community of Enderby. It is the outlet of the Shuswap River, which begins in the Monashee Mountains to the east. Its own outlet is Sicamous Narrows, which is a short canal-like stretch of water connecting to Shuswap Lake and passing beneath the Trans-Canada Highway and the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline at Sicamous. All are part of the drainage of the South Thompson River, which begins at the outlet of Little Shuswap Lake.

Mara Lake
Mara lake from the beach at Mara Provincial Park
Mara Lake
LocationShuswap Country, Southern Interior of British Columbia
Coordinates50°47′N 119°00′W
Primary inflowsShuswap River
Primary outflowsSicamous Narrows
Basin countriesCanada

The lake is navigable from Shuswap Lahich is a popular boating area, and in addition to Mara Provincial Park its shores include the Mara Point Site of Shuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park.[1]


Name origin


"After John Andrew Mara, an Overlander of '62; born at Toronto; had store at Seymour on Shuswap Lake in 1865, later at Kamloops; merchant, miller, steamship operator, promoter of Kootenay Steam Navigation Company and Shuswap & Okanagan Railway (CPR, Sicamous-Okanagan Lake), MLA, 1871 - 86 (Speaker, 1883 - 86); MP, 1887 - 96. Retired to Victoria, where he died February 11, 1920, aged 79."[2]


History


An Internment camp was set up at Tents and Bunkhouses in Mara Lake from June 1915 to July 1917.[3]


Nearby community


The Sicamous region also sees many tourists every summer. Approximately 90% of the population of the nearby community of Swansea Point is seasonal, with thousands of visitors each summer during the months of July and August.


References


  1. "Shuswap Lake Marine Park". BC Geographical Names.
  2. 12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948, citing Gosnell, p.346; Wade, p.164
  3. "Internment Camps in Canada during the First and Second World Wars, Library and Archives Canada".




На других языках


[de] Mara Lake

Der Mara Lake ist ein See im Shuswap Country der kanadischen Provinz British Columbia. Er liegt unmittelbar südlich der Gemeinde Sicamous und nördlich der Gemeinde Enderby. Als Zufluss mündet der Shuswap River, welcher in den Monashee Mountains entspringt und ostwärts fließt. Den Abfluss bilden die Sicamous Narrows, welche einen kurzes kanalartiges Fließgewässer darstellen und in den Shuswap Lake münden; bei Sicamous passieren sie den Trans-Canada Highway und die Hauptstrecke der Canadian Pacific Railway. Alle diese Gewässer gehören zum Einzugsgebiet des South Thompson River, welcher den Abfluss des Little Shuswap Lake darstellt.
- [en] Mara Lake

[fr] Lac Mara

Le lac Mara, ou Mara Lake en anglais, est un lac de Colombie-Britannique, au Canada. Sur ses rives se trouve notamment le Mara Lake Provincial Park.



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