The Similkameen Country , also referred to as the Similkameen Valley or Similkameen District , but generally referred to simply as The Similkameen or more archaically, Similkameen , is a region roughly coinciding with the basin of the river of the same name in the Southern Interior of British Columbia . The term "Similkameen District" also refers to the Similkameen Mining District , a defunct government administrative district, which geographically encompasses the same area, and in more casual terms may also refer to the Similkameen electoral district , which was combined with the Grand Forks-Greenwood riding by the time of the 1966 election . The Similkameen Country has deep historical connections to the Boundary Country and the two are sometimes considered one region, partly as a result of the name of the electoral district. It is also sometimes classed as being part of the Okanagan region, which results from shared regional district and other administrative boundaries and names. The term "Similkameen District" may also historically refer to the Similkameen Division Yale Land District , which also includes Osoyoos and the Boundary Country to Osoyoos' east.
5-691: Collins Gulch is a creek in the Similkameen region of British Columbia . Collins Gulch is a stream which flows into the Tulameen River from the south side. The creek is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of the village of Tulameen, British Columbia . Collins Gulch was discovered in 1885. It was mined by both Europeans and Chinese for gold. Early mining efforts were successful although diggings were exhausted quite rapidly. 49°32′N 120°44′W / 49.533°N 120.733°W / 49.533; -120.733 This article related to
10-816: A river in British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Similkameen Country The name "Similkameen" is said to have originated from the Similkameigh indigenous people of the region, meaning "treacherous waters". Although the Similkameen River 's last few miles are in Washington state, only the British Columbia part of the river's basin is named "the Similkameen". The Similkameen
15-723: Is one of several historical regions of British Columbia whose foundations and settlement lay in the days of the Colony of British Columbia , and was one of the first areas of the province prospected as well as farmed and ranched. The area has seen a number of famous gold strikes and large mining operations, notably the Tulameen Gold Rush of the 1880s and 1890s and the Nickel Plate Mine at Hedley , but also including coal at Blakeburn and Coalmont , and copper at Allenby and Copper Mountain , all of these locations in
20-600: The Oblate Fathers at Okanagan Mission . Today, the area is seeing a burgeoning wine industry and a boom in sunbelt-oriented recreation housing and property development. The Similkameen Country is mostly in the traditional territory of the Similkameen subdivision of the Okanagan people or Syilx. There are two Indian Bands in the region, the Upper Similkameen Indian Band at Princeton and
25-537: The vicinity of Princeton . Orcharding and ranching are important to the Similkameen Country, with orcharding and ranching operations in the Keremeos first started by Bohemian immigrant Francis Xavier Richter in 1864. Richter's original 30 acres (120,000 m ) of fruit trees at Keremeos Centre are considered to be one of the two foundations of BC's orcharding industry, the other being started by
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