SECHELT

SECHELT
Is a beautiful waterfront municipality situated on a piece of land that separates Georgia Strait and Sechelt Inlet on the Sunshine Coast, north of Vancouver. Car ferry service first linked the Sunshine Coast Highway (Highway #101) to the Lower Mainland in 1951, pretty much ending the community of Sechelt’s dependence on coastal steamship service. Sechelt’s name comes from the Indian word meaning “outside on the oceanside” and is the main service center for the Sunshine Coast and relies on logging, and tourism as its main industries. The community was incorporated as a district municipality on June 30, 1986 and in 1983 it first hosted the festival of the written arts, one of British Columbia’s most main and popular literary festivals. The history of Sechelt dates back to thousands of years ago when the Coast Salish Shishalh people first settled in the area and were interested in the area’s natural beauty and its year-round mild, pleasant and balmi climate. Sechelt in recent years, has become popular with retireees thus many subdivisions have been built in the municipality in the last decade or so. In terms of population, Sechelt is the largest community on the Sunshine Coast between Powell River and Gibsons.

SECHELT’S POPULATION: 8,454