Nakusp
is a village overlooking the east side of Upper Arrow Lake in
southeastern British Columbia, about halfway between Revelstoke and
Castlegar.
Coming
from an Okanagan First Nations word for “closed in” or “come
together”, referring to where Upper Arrow Lake closes in or
narrows, Nakusp was established in 1893 as a western stop on the
Nakusp and Slocan Railway and in the process, giving Nakusp the
distinction of a major shipping and transport center for ore
deposits. However, this did happen because shipments of ore were
discovered more south redirected through the lakes of Slocan and
Kootenay and were shipped to smelters at Nelson and Trail,
respectively. The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) continued to
preserve a shipbuilding business in the community, and even after
1915, continued to serve restricted service until 1954.
Since
the early 1900s, logging and fruit growing, and some small-scale
mining have contributed to the wealth of Nakusp. For the reason that
Nakusp Hot Springs, a small community-owned health resort, north of
the community, Nakusp is fast becoming one of British Columbia’s
key tourist destinations.
Nakusp
first became a village in 1964.
Nakusp’s
population: 1,736
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