Towdystan | |
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Location of Towdystan in British Columbia | |
Coordinates: 52°16′00″N125°05′00″W / 52.26667°N 125.08333°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Area code(s) | 250, 778 |
Towdystan is an unincorporated settlement and First Nations community of the Dakelh people located northwest of Charlotte Lake [1] in the western Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Located southeast of Anahim Lake, the headquarters of the Ulkatcho First Nation government, it includes Towdystan Lake Indian Reserve No. 3, [2] which is one of the Indian Reserves of the Ulkatcho Nation and is located at 52°17′00″N125°07′00″W / 52.28333°N 125.11667°W . The reserve had a population of 10, down 50% from a 2001 figure of 20. [3]
Williams Lake Indian Reserve, also called the Williams Lake First Nation or the Williams Lake Band Reservation and commonly referred to locally as the Sugarcane Reserve, aka Sugarcane or The Cane or SCB, is an Indian reserve in British Columbia, Canada, located at the east end of Williams Lake and 12 km east of the city of the same name, on the right bank of the San Jose River. and is home to the Williams Lake Indian Band. The band is part of the Northern Shuswap Tribal Council, also known as the Cariboo Tribal Council, which is one of two tribal councils of the Secwepemc peoples.
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Taylor Arm Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the north side of Sproat Lake 23 km northwest of Port Alberni on Vancouver Island. Situated along Highway 4, the 71-hectare park has few services but provides group camping sites, undeveloped beaches, and day-use areas. The group camping site has pit toilets and a hand pump water supply, and is connected to the lake shore via a trail that passes under the highway.
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