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55-412: Sechelt ( / ˈ s iː ʃ ɛ l t / , shíshálh Language : ch'atlich) is a district municipality located on the lower Sunshine Coast of British Columbia . Approximately 50 km (30 miles) northwest of Vancouver , it is accessible from mainland British Columbia by a 40-minute ferry trip between Horseshoe Bay and Langdale , and a 25-minute drive from Langdale along Highway 101 , also known as

110-546: A Sechelt Nation language certificate that is offered at Capilano University Sunshine Coast Campus in Sechelt. Sechelt is most closely related to Squamish , Halkomelem , and the Nooksack . Although critically endangered, the shíshálh people, with help from others, have reclaimed 603 phrases and 5659 words in total and have a published dictionary and grammar. For those IPA symbols that do not match their orthographic counterparts,

165-538: A change of 6.2% from its 2016 population of 10,216. With a land area of 39.02 km (15.07 sq mi), it had a population density of 278.0/km (720.0/sq mi) in 2021. According to the 2021 census , religious groups in Sechelt included: The village itself, the original locus of Sechelt, includes Clayton's Heritage Market (a grocery store named after its pioneering family owners) in Trail Bay Mall. A new public library with municipal hall opened in 1997, and

220-461: A combined provincial courthouse and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) building, and a public recreation aquatic centre serving Sechelt and the surrounding area, have also been completed since that time. Immediately to the east of the downtown village is the shíshálh Nation Government District municipality, home of the tems swiya Museum and gift shop, a shopping centre, movie theatre. Other Sechelt area landmarks include: Like other parts of

275-534: A population density of 482.3/km (1,249.1/sq mi) in 2021. The median household income in 2005 for Powell River was $ 46,777, which is below the British Columbia provincial average of $ 52,709. According to the 2021 census , religious groups in Powell River included: The city has an exceptional Mediterranean climate of the warm-summer type ( Köppen : Csb ), resulting in the most northerly location in

330-611: A risk of sinkholes. The subdivision was built in 2006 and covenants were placed on the land to release Sechelt from claims relating to the land, including sinkholes. Since the evacuation, multiple lawsuits have been filed between the 14 homeowners, Sechelt, the province of British Columbia, and the property developer over issues including an unnecessarily long state of emergency (awards granted to 2 residents), Sechelt's claim that residents have an obligation to repair infrastructure and pay legal fees (ongoing), Sechelt's withholding of documents (set of documents released to resident), covenants on

385-414: A vowel in between [i] and [e], usually closer to [e]. The vowel is also realized as [e] when the syllable is unstressed. The /ə/ is realized as [ɪ] when after ⟨y, ch, ch', sh, k, k'⟩. After consonants with lip rounding it is realized as [ʊ], and after ⟨h, k, ḵ', m, p', t', tl', x̱, ʔ⟩ it is realized as [ʌ]. When /ə/ is in an unstressed syllable between two voiceless consonants it is also voiceless. The /o/

440-508: Is known today, encompasses some 39.71 km² (15.33 sq mi) at the isthmus of the Sechelt Peninsula , between the southern tip of Sechelt Inlet (Porpoise Bay) and the Strait of Georgia that separates the provincial mainland from Vancouver Island . Sechelt is a seaside community with approx. 35 kilometers (20 miles) of Pacific Ocean shoreline that extends primarily along the coastline of

495-664: Is located 23 km south on Highway 101 and provides access to the Sunshine Coast on the Malaspina Sky via route to Earl's Cove near Skookumchuck Narrows . Powell River has a small airport with a single 1,200 meter long runway and indoor waiting terminal. It is serviced by Pacific Coastal Airlines , which offers 20- to 25-minute flights between Powell River Airport and the South Terminal of Vancouver's International Airport . Charter flights and private aircraft also make use

550-751: Is parking at the entrance to the trails. It is a legal off-leash area for dogs. The Sechelt Heritage Forest portion of the Groves is a protected interpretive forest as designated by the Province. Hidden Grove is currently part of the BC Forest and under a special tenure to the Sechelt Community Forest, which has declared the Grove a special high-priority recreational area and mandated it shall not be logged. Volunteers provide daily maintenance. Porpoise Bay Provincial Park

605-516: Is realized as a [u] when preceded or followed by a consonant with lip rounding. The /a/ is realized as [ɒ] when preceded by a consonant with lip rounding and realized as [æ] after the consonants ⟨y, ch, ch', sh, k, k'⟩. The vowels may also be subject for lengthening, but this is purely for rhetorical purposes. The longer a vowel is held, the more emphatic or dramatic the intended meaning is. All Sechelt words have at least one stressed syllable , but some words have stress on every syllable. This gives

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660-482: Is some 4 km (2½ miles) north of downtown Sechelt, on the east side of Sechelt Inlet . It is characterized by second-growth forest, open grassy areas and sandy beaches. The School District 46 Sunshine Coast operates public schools in the region. The Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique operates two Francophone schools in that city: the école du Pacifique primary school and école secondaire Chatelech . Sechelt language In 1999,

715-450: Is to omit whichever vowel is unstressed. Like other members of the Salish language family , Sechelt is agglutinative with affixes added to nouns and verbs. For verbs, suffixes are added to mark the subject and tense, as well as to make the statement a question or add adverbial information. All pronouns in Sechelt are suffixes, while adverbs may be suffixes or their own word that comes before

770-506: The BC Coast . The city is the location of the head office of the qathet Regional District . The Powell River was named for Israel Wood Powell . Powell was B.C.'s first superintendent for Indian Affairs and a chief architect of colonial policies, including the establishment of residential schools in British Columbia and the banning of the Potlatch. He was traveling up the coast of BC in 1881 and

825-659: The Malahat began taking on water while being towed in the Barkley Sound . She was then moved to Powell River where she was made part of the breakwater . The mill in Powell River was at one time the largest pulp and paper mill in the world. In its prime, one in every 25 newspapers in the world was printed on paper from the Powell River mill. However, since then it has significantly cut back on production and now produces newsprint and specialty papers for Catalyst Paper . In 2019, Paper Excellence Group acquired Catalyst Paper. In 2023,

880-612: The Oblates of Mary Immaculate . Our Lady of the Rosary was completed in 1890 and cost the Sechelt people a sum of $ 8,000 to construct. In 1906, this church was destroyed in a fire, and a year later another church was erected in its place called Our Lady of Lourdes but this too was also destroyed by fire in October, 1970. The natural beauty of the Sunshine Coast soon attracted tourists, who arrived at

935-664: The Tla'amin Nation of the Mainland Comox branch of the Coast Salish peoples, who still reside there to this day. Their village is commonly referred to as Sliammon (the usual English adaptation of Tla'amin). In May 2021, Tla'amin Nation submitted a request to Powell River city council to change the name of the city. The request comes because city namesake Israel Powell, B.C.’s superintendent of Indian affairs from 1872 to 1889, helped to ensure that

990-521: The government of British Columbia to support tourism in the town. Nearby, Texada Island with quiet beaches and lakes provides tourism opportunities and is a common weekend destination for the cities' residents. Both Texada Island and Powell River are popular for fishing, hunting, sailing, power boating camping and remote hiking. The Spanish renaissance-style Patricia Theatre is Canada's oldest continuously operating theatre, first built in 1913 and then rebuilt in 1928. The qathet Museum and Archives depicts

1045-480: The shíshálh Nation , a British Columbian First Nation . The town of Sechelt is known as "ch'atlich" in she shashishalhem (the shíshálh language ). For thousands of years, the shíshálh People practiced a hunting and gathering subsistence strategy , making extensive use of the natural food resources located around ch'atlich, and its strategic location for access into the Sechelt Inlet. Europeans began settling in

1100-518: The shíshálh Nation Government District . Sechelt's climate is Cfb (Temperate Oceanic) according to the Köppen climate classification , and is designated as USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9a (8b inland) by Environment Canada. It has the warmest nights in Canada. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Sechelt had a population of 10,847 living in 5,128 of its 5,738 total private dwellings,

1155-571: The Ancient Grove area is also suitable for people with walkers, strollers, and those not so fit. A second 400-metre (yard) accessibility trail loops from the entrance kiosk through pristine forest and back. The entrance kiosk features a large map of the trails. All trails are well-marked and maintained. There are signs at all intersections with directions, maps and guides. The Groves includes giant ancient trees, maple wetland, and rocky promontories with views of Vancouver Island and Sechelt Inlet. There

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1210-580: The Blackberry Festival, Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy (PRISMA) Festival, Logger Sports, Townsite Jazz Festival, International Choral Kathaumixw, and the Sunshine Music Festival. The Cty of Powell River and surrounding area are home to over 300 Km’s of cycling trails. Volunteer built and maintained, the two largest areas for cycling are Duck Lake (XC riding) and Mount Mahony (Enduro riding). In 2023 after many years of work by

1265-458: The CWH is the rainiest biogeoclimatic zone in British Columbia. The zone typically has a cool mesothermal climate: cool summers (although hot dry spells can be frequent) and mild winters. Mean annual temperature is about 8 °C (46.4 °F) and ranges from 5.2 to 10.5 °C (41.4 to 50.9 °F) among the CWH subzones. The mean monthly temperature is above 10 °C (50 °F) for 4–6 months of

1320-742: The Garden City Design Movement and the Arts and Crafts philosophy. When the British Columbia Credit Unions Act was passed in 1939, a study club organized by local millworkers secured the first charter with a deposit of $ 48.30. The mill provided a small office space at very low rent in the early years. By 1955, when the Powell River Credit Union (now 'First Credit Union') moved into a permanent office, it had over 3,000 members and $ 1 million in assets. In March 1944,

1375-727: The Pacific Northwest for Sechelt's annual Sleepy Hollow Rod Run, and the "Show and Shine" held in conjunction with the August drag races at Sechelt Airport. The Hidden Groves area of old growth forest adjoins the Sandy Hook neighbourhood, 6 km (4 miles) from downtown Sechelt and 2 km (1¼ miles) from Porpoise Bay Provincial Park . It has trails for walkers and hikers of various abilities, from easy walks of around 15 minutes to more strenuous treks of 3 or 4 kilometres (about 2 miles). A wheelchair-accessible trail of 480 metres (525 yards) into

1430-529: The Sunshine Coast Highway. The name Sechelt is derived from the she shashishalhem word shíshálh , the name of the First Nations people who first settled the area thousands of years ago. The original Village of Sechelt was incorporated on February 15, 1956. Sechelt later expanded its boundaries in 1986 with the inclusion of a number of adjacent unincorporated areas. The District of Sechelt, as it

1485-733: The Sunshine Coast is similarly isolated from the rest of the BC mainland, vehicles from Vancouver must take two ferries to reach Powell River (across Howe Sound and the Jervis Inlet, if travelling via Sechelt ; and across Georgia Strait twice if going via Nanaimo ). The surrounding inlets ( fjords ) banked by mountainous terrain have made land based road connections to other areas of the BC mainland an expensive proposal. One land based route connecting Powell River to Highway 99 near Squamish has been studied, but would require two tunnels (4.5 km and 8.0 km long) and cost around 5 billion dollars. All of

1540-457: The Sunshine Coast, Sechelt is known for its natural beauty, and is a popular destination for outdoor activities that include kayaking , diving , snowshoeing and skiing , hiking and backpacking , camping and mountain biking . There is an 18-hole public golf course, and a number of small marinas are available around Sechelt Inlet. Sechelt has several municipal parks, and larger provincial parks are nearby. Auto enthusiasts come from around

1595-579: The Sunshine Coast, and is bounded to the west and east by the unincorporated communities of Halfmoon Bay and Roberts Creek , respectively. The 2016 Canadian census placed its population at 10,200. The regional offices of the Sunshine Coast Regional District of British Columbia are located in Sechelt. Although its population is relatively small for its geographical area, Sechelt has several distinct neighbourhoods. From east to west, they are ts'uḵw'um (Wilson Creek), Davis Bay, Selma Park,

1650-529: The Vancouver Island Soccer League. Powell River also has many youth sports teams and associations. PRMHA is the minor hockey associations with house & rep teams. Powell River's youth baseball league is called the PRMBA. It consists of divisions for are groups 5 and 18. Powell River's gymnastics association has produced many reputable gymnasts. In 2020, Powell River received a $ 10,000 grant from

1705-405: The ch'atlich area in the 1860s and by the 1880s, developing an active centre of the logging and fishing industries with the construction of sawmills and wharves . With sustained contact with European settlers, the shíshálh People's semi-nomadic way of life began to be substituted for a more sedentary life in Sechelt, a change heavily influenced by the establishment of a Roman Catholic church by

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1760-544: The city's roads are two-lane residential roads, and Highway 101 merges with Marine Avenue to form the city's main street. Powell River has two ferry terminals, both of which belong to BC Ferries . The Westview Ferry Terminal is located near the city's downtown and provides service to Comox and Vancouver Island on board the Salish Eagle, and to Texada Island on the Island Discovery. The Saltery Bay Ferry Terminal

1815-463: The eastern shores of Malaspina Strait , which is part of the larger Georgia Strait between Vancouver Island and the Mainland. With two intervening long, steep-sided fjords inhibiting the construction of a contiguous road connection with Vancouver to the south, geographical surroundings explain Powell River's remoteness as a community, despite relative proximity to Vancouver and other populous areas of

1870-548: The huge timber. Brooks, Scanlon & Obrien; Bloedel, Stewart and Welch ; and Theodosia Logging were but a few logging companies, with the Brooks brothers and M.J. Scanlon forming the Powell River Company, western Canada's first pulp and paper mill. The Historic Townsite was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1995, recognizing the exceptionally well preserved early 20th Century planned community, rooted firmly in

1925-480: The interactions between the pioneers and First Nations as well as showing the tools and items that would have been used by those groups. The Townsite Heritage Society was formed in 1992 to maintain and promote the historical character of the traditional neighbourhood and business section of the Powell River Townsite. Powell River hosts a number of festivals that highlight local interest and culture, including

1980-527: The language in local schools, from preschool to post-secondary. Both University of British Columbia and Capilano University offer Sechelt language courses, along with Kinnikinnick Elementary School and Chatelech Secondary School. In 2014, the Coastal Corridor Consortium, "an entity made up of board members from First Nations and educational partners to improve aboriginal access to and performance in postsecondary education and training", created

2035-416: The language its characteristic "choppy" cadence. In Sechelt, no word can start with a vowel. The glottal stop is used at the beginning of words that would otherwise start with vowels. Further, there can never be two vowel sounds in a row. The glottal stop is often inserted between the two consecutive vowels, such as at the end of a word root and beginning of a suffix. Another solution for consecutive vowels

2090-543: The language was spoken by fewer than forty elderly people. A grammar guide for the language was published by linguist Ron Beaumont in 1985, based on the Sechelt language course he helped design for local high schools participating in the Native Environmental Studies Program. In 2011, he further published a one thousand-page dictionary. As of 2019, only two elderly fluent speakers remained. Many teachers are working with children and adults to revitalize

2145-495: The location of Powell River Christian School), Kelly Creek, and Texada (elementaries) as well as Westview Learning Centre. In 2013, A brand new $ 15.6 million Elementary school named Westview Elementary was opened. It is the replacement of the old Grief Point School. The Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique operates two Francophone schools: école Côte-du-soleil (primary and junior high school) and école secondaire Brooks . Private Other elementary schools in

2200-494: The mainland and not an island by definition, Powell River is a community isolated by ocean and mountains and is only accessible by water ( BC Ferries ) or by air ( Powell River Airport ). Powell River is located on Highway 101 but driving the length of the highway requires two ferries before arriving at Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver. The alternative access to the town is a ferry crossing from Comox on Vancouver Island. Since

2255-400: The mill was permanently curtailed. The subsequent diversification of the local economy led to an increased focus on ecotourism and the arts, in addition to more traditional resources like mining, fishing, and general forestry. In recognition of its strong arts and cultural programs, Powell River was named a "Cultural Capital of Canada" in 2004. The Powell River area is the current home to

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2310-510: The northern hemisphere, being that in Europe it is 5° further south. Although the hot season is dry, the vegetation reflects its location west of the mid-latitudes and who can describe the climate differently being situated within a temperate rainforest , Coastal Western Hemlock biogeoclimatic zone the mild winters and high humidity (although it has a defined dry season) it owns a wide zone of growth with firs , cedars and conifers . On average,

2365-440: The original Village of Sechelt, and West Sechelt. Several neighbourhoods around Sechelt Inlet were also included in Sechelt's 1986 incorporation as a district; these include West Porpoise Bay, East Porpoise Bay, Sandy Hook, Tillicum Bay and Tuwanek. The shíshálh Nation Government District , which contains a substantial commercial district, is immediately east of Sechelt's "downtown" village. The original inhabitants of Sechelt are

2420-408: The orthographic representation is in brackets. This is based on the alphabet created by Randy Bouchard in 1977. The four vowels have numerous allophones when in certain phonetic contexts. When the /i/ is between voiced back consonants and /ʔ/ it is realized as [e], while when it is between two other consonants it is realized as [i]. If it is between a combination of the two groups it is realized as

2475-584: The properties (deemed valid), and Sechelt's approval of the subdivision (negligence not found). Sechelt is a municipality on the Sunshine Coast, west northwest of Vancouver BC. Sechelt is located on an isthmus, a narrow strip of land that bridges between the Sechelt Peninsula and the BC mainland. This isthmus is bounded on the north by the Sechelt Inlet, and on the south by the Strait of Georgia. The municipality consists of 3 non-contiguous areas, all separated by

2530-593: The qathet Regional Cycling Association, the province of BC granted authority to the club to establish a new parking lot and professionally built climb and descent trails that continue to expand. Powell River is home to the Sunshine Coast Trail , Canada's longest hut-to-hut hiking trail. The free-access 180 kilometre back-country trail meanders through a wide variety of landscapes, including coastal shorelines, old-growth forest , panoramic mountaintops, pristine creeks and lakes and salmon streams. While located on

2585-417: The river and lake were named after him. Powell was a supporter of B.C. being part of the union with Canada and brought the first Canadian flag to BC on June 17, 1871. The pulp mill was started in 1908, with a corresponding townsite company town commenced in 1910: the first roll of paper was produced at Powell River Mill in 1912. Similarly, large logging companies had earlier moved in to take advantage of

2640-526: The runway on a regular basis. The City of Powell River also has a small network of public transportation bus routes, run by BC Transit with 6 routes. The City of Powell River includes the original Townsite, which became designated a National Historic District in 1995, one of only seven in Canada. There is also the more populous Westview, and the Cranberry and Wildwood areas. On October 15, 2005, coinciding with its 50th anniversary of incorporation, Powell River

2695-707: The sale of Lot 450, land that included tiyskʷat village, went through, as well as overseeing the removal of children from their homes to be sent to residential schools, and the banning of potlatch, language and other Indigenous customs. Powell River is host to the Powell River Kings , a member team of the British Columbia Hockey League , and the Powell River Regals , a Senior Men's hockey team, founded in 1955 and winner of 3 national and several provincial championships. The Powell River Villa play in

2750-694: The south, but as much as 40-50% in the northern parts of the zone. A regional campus of Vancouver Island University is located in Powell River. This campus is called tiwšɛmawtxw (tyew-shem-out), which means house of learning. The name was a gift to the institution from the Tla’amin Nation Executive Council to acknowledge VIU's "readiness and willingness to participate and engage in meaningful reconciliation." The Powell River School Board ( School District 47 Powell River ) operates eight schools which includes Brooks Secondary School (high school), James Thomson, Henderson, Edgehill, Grief Point (now

2805-414: The verb ts'exw ' get clean/washed ' : ts'exw get.clean/washed -ál-its'á  -clothes ts'exw -ál-its'á  get.clean/washed -clothes 'wash clothes; laundry, washing' ts'ixwálits'á laundry -ten Powell River, British Columbia Powell River is a city on the northern Sunshine Coast of southwestern British Columbia , Canada. Most of its population lives near

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2860-652: The verb and can take on suffixes of its own. This can be exemplified by two different wordings of the question “Were you afraid?”, with the first one emphasizing the word “afraid” and the second emphasizing that it happened in the past. ch’ásxém afraid -ulh - COMPL -á - Q -chexw? -you? ch’ásxém -ulh -á -chexw? afraid -COMPL -Q -you? 'Were you afraid ?' ku PST -á - Q -chexw -you ch’asxém? afraid? ku -á -chexw ch’asxém? PST -Q -you afraid? ' Were you afraid?' For nouns and verbs, lexical markers are used to convey related meanings. This can be seen in variations on

2915-466: The wharves at Trail Bay via steamship. The construction of the original provincial highway in 1952, Highway 101, now also known as Sunshine Coast Highway, and the accompanying commencement of ferry service to Horseshoe Bay (near Vancouver) and Powell River (hence to Vancouver Island) accelerated tourism and residential growth, which continues today. In 2019, the Seawatch subdivision was evacuated due to

2970-400: The year. The mean temperature of the coldest month is 0.2 °C (32.4 °F) and ranges from −6.6 to 4.7 °C (20.1 to 40.5 °F) among the subzones. Mean annual precipitation for the zone as a whole is 2,228 mm (87.7 in), and ranges from 1,000 to 4,400 mm (39.4 to 173.2 in) (and probably more in some areas). Less than 15% of total precipitation occurs as snowfall in

3025-440: Was officially designated a city. Townsite and Cranberry are connected by three roads by the names of Lombardy Ave, Timberlane Ave, and Hemlock Street. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Powell River had a population of 13,943 living in 6,402 of its 6,718 total private dwellings, a change of 6% from its 2016 population of 13,157. With a land area of 28.91 km (11.16 sq mi), it had

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