Similkameen

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Similkameen is the name of a river in the Canadian province of British Columbia which has several possible local meanings:

  • the Similkameen River
  • the Similkameen people, known also as the Similkameens, a branch of the Salishan-speaking Okanagan people also subdivided into the Lower Similkameen and Upper Similkameen.
  • the Similkameen District or Similkameen Country, one of BC's regions and important in the province's mining and transportation history, roughly synonymous with the basin of the Similkameen River.