'''Sicamous''' [http://www.district.sicamous.bc.ca/] 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.

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.

Get around

See

Do

  • rent a canoe or boat and tour Shuswap Lake
  • Buy

    Eat

    Drink

    Sleep

  • Best Western Sicamous Inn. 06 Trans Canada Highway E. .800.485.7698 (toll-free) or +1 250.836.4117. 2108@hotel.bestwestern.com. ttp://www.sicamousinn.ca. PM. 2PM. tandard room with two queen beds starts at $145 in the summer and $100 in the off season.

    Contact

    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. rans-Canada Highway, Craigellachie. ocated on Highway 1, 25 km east of Sicamous. ift 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.

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