Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A

Its land, ranked in BC

Shares of the land area, worked out from the Province's maps. Fire perimeters before the 1950s are less complete. A title or a past fire somewhere in the area says nothing about a given lot: a property report checks the parcel itself.

Large fires (1,000 ha or more) since 1990

Since 1990, 10 wildfires of 1,000 ha or more burned in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A, together 19,819 ha, 1% of its land (ground that burned twice counts once). The most here was the Dogtooth FSR wildfire in 2024, 5,686 ha.

1. 2026Sea Lion Mountain wildfire1,357 ha in all1,357 ha here
2. 2024Dogtooth FSR wildfire5,686 ha in all5,686 ha here
3. 2024Unnamed fire N408712,465 ha in all2,464 ha here
4. 2024Unnamed fire N412591,104 ha in all1,104 ha here
5. 2024Unnamed fire N408351,038 ha in all1,038 ha here
6. 2018Unnamed fire N228833,793 ha in all · 98% of it here3,717 ha here
7. 2017Unnamed fire G310972,310 ha in all2,310 ha here
8. 2017Unnamed fire N411721,754 ha in all1,754 ha here
9. 2017Unnamed fire N512651,344 ha in all · 22% of it here297 ha here
10. 1998Unnamed fire N301501,036 ha in all · 9% of it here92 ha here

Smaller mapped fires since 2016

Since 2016, the BC Wildfire Service mapped 66 smaller fires (under 1,000 ha) that reached Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A, newest first. This season's are as mapped by November 9, 2026.

1. 2026Unnamed fire N41514738 ha in all738 ha here
2. 2026Unnamed fire N41569145 ha in all145 ha here
3. 2025Unnamed fire G30819367 ha in all367 ha here
4. 2025Redburn Creek wildfire248 ha in all248 ha here
5. 2024Unnamed fire N40834487 ha in all487 ha here
6. 2024Unnamed fire N4154939 ha in all39 ha here
7. 2024Unnamed fire N4050030 ha in all30 ha here
8. 2024Unnamed fire N4153217 ha in all17 ha here

And 58 more

1. 2024Unnamed fire N4139711 ha in all11 ha here
2. 2024Unnamed fire N207738.9 ha in all8.9 ha here
3. 2024Unnamed fire N417867.9 ha in all7.9 ha here
4. 2024Unnamed fire N415501 ha in all1 ha here
5. 2023Jubilee Mountain wildfire967 ha in all · 52% of it here504 ha here
6. 2023Unnamed fire N42390665 ha in all665 ha here
7. 2023Castle Mountain wildfire449 ha in all · 13% of it here59 ha here
8. 2023Birchlands Creek wildfire284 ha in all284 ha here
9. 2023Poseidon #2 wildfire131 ha in all131 ha here
10. 2023Ambleside Creek wildfire65 ha in all65 ha here
11. 2023Unnamed fire N4228313 ha in all13 ha here
12. 2023Wildcat Creek wildfire7.4 ha in all7.4 ha here
13. 2023Vermont Creek wildfire4.5 ha in all4.5 ha here
14. 2022Johnson's Draw wildfire21 ha in all21 ha here
15. 2022Unnamed fire N425247.4 ha in all7.4 ha here
16. 2022Unnamed fire N416692.8 ha in all2.8 ha here
17. 2022Mountain Creek wildfire2.6 ha in all2.6 ha here
18. 2022Sullivan Arm wildfire0.8 ha in all0.8 ha here
19. 2021Carrol Creek wildfire457 ha in all457 ha here
20. 2021Mt Hunter wildfire445 ha in all445 ha here
21. 2021Palmer Creek wildfire211 ha in all211 ha here
22. 2021Bluewater Creek wildfire108 ha in all108 ha here
23. 2021Blackwater Ridge wildfire82 ha in all82 ha here
24. 2021Wood Arm wildfire68 ha in all68 ha here
25. 2021Marion Lake FSR wildfire46 ha in all46 ha here
26. 2021Sullivan Arm wildfire42 ha in all42 ha here
27. 2021Wood Arm wildfire27 ha in all27 ha here
28. 2021Tsar Mountain wildfire19 ha in all19 ha here
29. 2021Bush River wildfire9.9 ha in all9.9 ha here
30. 2021Goose Grass Ck. wildfire5.1 ha in all5.1 ha here
31. 2021Unnamed fire G318712.6 ha in all2.6 ha here
32. 2021Moberly Peak wildfire1.3 ha in all1.3 ha here
33. 2021Warsaw Mountain wildfire1 ha in all1 ha here
34. 2020Unnamed fire N413027.3 ha in all7.3 ha here
35. 2018Unnamed fire N42593272 ha in all272 ha here
36. 2018Redburn Creek wildfire205 ha in all205 ha here
37. 2018Glenogle and Porcupine wildfire201 ha in all201 ha here
38. 2018Unnamed fire N4152789 ha in all89 ha here
39. 2018Unnamed fire N2135078 ha in all78 ha here
40. 2018Unnamed fire N4188763 ha in all63 ha here
41. 2018Unnamed fire N2135844 ha in all44 ha here
42. 2018Hunter Creek wildfire40 ha in all40 ha here
43. 2018Unnamed fire N4244634 ha in all34 ha here
44. 2018Unnamed fire N4201813 ha in all13 ha here
45. 2018Unnamed fire N420786.8 ha in all6.8 ha here
46. 2018Unnamed fire N428215.1 ha in all5.1 ha here
47. 2018Unnamed fire N427314.5 ha in all4.5 ha here
48. 2018Unnamed fire N413222.4 ha in all2.4 ha here
49. 2018Unnamed fire N228801.7 ha in all1.7 ha here
50. 2017Unnamed fire N4177921 ha in all21 ha here
51. 2017Unnamed fire N418021.8 ha in all1.8 ha here
52. 2017Unnamed fire N419171.8 ha in all1.8 ha here
53. 2017Unnamed fire N411321.6 ha in all1.6 ha here
54. 2017Unnamed fire N412211.5 ha in all1.5 ha here
55. 2017Unnamed fire N212270.9 ha in all0.9 ha here
56. 2016Unnamed fire G3039433 ha in all33 ha here
57. 2016Unnamed fire N200141.5 ha in all1.5 ha here
58. 2016Unnamed fire N400151.2 ha in all1.2 ha here

Small fires that were never mapped as a perimeter aren't listed: the BC Wildfire Service maps an outline for only some of the fires it records. Past fire is history, not a forecast. The chance of fire on a lot today depends on what the record doesn't show: the forest and grass around it, the slope, what has been thinned or burned since, and how far it is from a fire hall. Every BC season and large fire since 1990.

Sources: BC Wildfire Fire Perimeters – Historical, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Perimeters – Current, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Incident Locations – Historical, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Locations – Current, BC Wildfire Service (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), as published on November 10, 2026; 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Outlines simplified and places measured by PlaceDossier.

How the land burned

On the Province's ecosystem map, Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A's land is 35% NDT5 (alpine tundra and subalpine parkland), 26% NDT1 (rarely burned, about every 250 to 350 years and in patches), 25% NDT2 (burned in large fires about every 200 years), 13% NDT3 (burned in large fires about every 100 to 150 years) and 1% NDT4 (burned often and lightly, every 4 to 50 years). Its main biogeoclimatic zones are Engelmann Spruce–Subalpine Fir (52%), Interior Cedar–Hemlock (21%) and Interior Mountain-heather Alpine (20%). This is how the land burned before fires were put out, not its fire risk today. A report names the type over a lot. Every place's natural fire regime.

Source: BEC Map (biogeoclimatic zones and natural disturbance types), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), read 2026-10-12; areas worked out on the census boundaries.

Evacuations since April 2017

Since April 2017, the Province's record holds 1 wildfire event with an evacuation order or alert over Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A, an order. The latest order: Dogtooth FSR Wildfire, July 2024.

1. 2024Dogtooth FSR WildfireJuly 2024 · evacuation order and alert · Columbia Shuswap Regional District1,316 homes

Listed when an order or alert area covered at least 5% of the land in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A, or lay mostly in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A and held at least 5% as many homes as the 2021 census counted there. An order means people were told to leave; an alert, to be ready to leave. Homes are the record's own counts, area by area, shown where the areas lie mostly in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A. The Province's record starts in April 2017: earlier evacuations aren't in it. A lot's report checks every order and alert over the lot itself, and any in effect now.

Sources: Historical Orders and Alerts, Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), as published on November 2, 2026; 2021 census subdivision boundaries and dwelling counts, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Each order and alert area placed in the municipalities and electoral areas it covers by us.

Evacuations for floods, landslides and other hazards since April 2017

None of the flood, landslide or other non-fire evacuation orders or alerts in the Province's record since April 2017 covered 5% or more of the land or homes in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A.

Sources: Historical Orders and Alerts, Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), as published on November 2, 2026; 2021 census subdivision boundaries and dwelling counts, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Each order and alert area placed in the municipalities and electoral areas it covers by us.

134 landslides are recorded inside Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A in the Preliminary Canadian Landslide Database (version 14.0), including 35 rock slides, 24 rock rotational slides and 18 mountain slope deformations. The latest with a date of its own: a rock fall, 4 Mar 2022. The database lists slides known to have happened, mapped from inventories, satellite images and lidar. It isn't a hazard map, and some parts of BC are mapped in far more detail than others. Landslides near a given lot.

The Province maps about 3.6 km of dikes in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A, along Birchland Creek, Canyon Creek, De Grazie Creek and Drybed Creek and others; the longest are the Birchlands Creek dike, the Hospital Creek - Site 1 dike and the Horse Creek dike. All of it is orphaned, with no local authority responsible. A dike lowers the chance of a flood behind it, not to nothing; a report names the dikes within 1 km of a lot and who maintains them. Dikes in BC, by place.

The Province lists one dam in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A, none classed High or above for the harm a failure would do downstream. The class rates what a failure would do, not how likely one is; a report names the dams within 1 km of a lot. Dams in BC, by place.

14 Water Survey of Canada gauges in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A have 5 or more years of yearly peak flows: Columbia River at Donald peaked highest at 1,320 m³/s in 1972 (55 years on record), Blaeberry River above Willowbank Creek peaked highest at 154 m³/s in 2015 (46 years on record) and Gold River above Palmer Creek peaked highest at 168 m³/s in 2012 (43 years on record), among others. A gauge's record is the river where it stands, not a flood line; a report gives the nearest gauge on a river by the lot. River gauges in BC, by place.

Poor-air days: at the Golden Helipad air monitoring station, 5 km from Golden, fine particles passed the level of BC's 24-hour objective (25 µg/m³) on a median of 14 days a year over the 11 years with a full record, 2015 to 2025; the most was 32 days in 2021, most of them in July. These days fell both in the wildfire season and in winter (our reading: wildfire smoke in summer, wood smoke held in by still air in winter). How smoky it gets across BC.

Radon

In the East Kootenay health region, 20 of the 105 homes tested (19%) in Health Canada's 2009–2011 survey were at or above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline; across BC, 143 of 1,817 (7.9%).

The survey tested about a hundred volunteer homes per health region, with one long-term test each. That gives a rough regional picture: it isn't a map, and a region where few or none tested high can still have homes above the guideline. The only way to know is to test the home: radon and buying a home in BC.

Source: Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011), Health Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Health Service Delivery Area Boundaries, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia).

Check one lot: has it burned? · is it on a floodplain map? · is it behind a dike? · is there a dam nearby? · landslides nearby? · contaminated sites nearby? · radon? · how much is too steep?

Source: Agricultural Land Reserve polygons, Agricultural Land Commission (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Fire perimeters – historical, BC Wildfire Service (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Mineral, placer and coal tenures, Mineral Titles Branch (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Preliminary Canadian Landslide Database, version 14.0 (May 2026), Brideau et al. (CC BY 4.0); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).

In Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A, a zone limited to detached houses must allow at least one secondary suite or detached accessory home (a garden suite or carriage house) next to a house. A floor of 3 or 4 homes applies on rural land only inside an urban containment boundary drawn in a regional growth strategy, and most rural land is outside one. None of it applies on land in an Islands Trust local trust area or under a rural land use bylaw, and in the Agricultural Land Reserve the Commission's limits come first. How many homes you can build on a lot.

The Province's principal residence requirement doesn't apply in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A (list in force from June 1, 2026), so the provincial rule doesn't limit short-term rentals to the host's home. Local bylaws, including the zone's own rules, can be stricter. Hosts anywhere in BC register each unit with the provincial registry. Short-term rental rules in BC.

Reports for rural lots in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A name the zone from the Columbia Shuswap Regional District's zoning map, where 2 bylaws apply.

• Electoral Area 'B' Zoning Bylaw No. 851Covers 3% of the area. 18 zones explained, from the bylaw as amended to October 22, 2025, checked October 30, 2026.
• Highway Planning Area No. 1 Zoning Regulations, Bylaw No. 168Covers under 1% of the area. 9 zones explained, from the bylaw as amended to May 13, 2026, checked October 30, 2026.

Shares of the area's land and water, worked out from the Columbia Shuswap Regional District's zoning map (Open Government Licence – Columbia Shuswap Regional District); a bylaw is listed where at least 20 ha and 1% of it lies here. Lots inside a municipality follow its own bylaw. Confirm with the CSRD's planning department before you buy or build.

Check one lot: look up its address for its zone and the share of the lot in each.

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District's building inspection doesn't cover Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A (Building Regulation Bylaw No. 660-3): it issues no building permits there and nobody inspects new building for the BC Building Code. The BC Building Code applies everywhere all the same. Our reading of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District's own page, checked 2026-10-07. Do you need a building permit on rural land?

Check one lot: is it in the ALR? · is the soil good for farming? · is it in a community watershed?

Source: Agricultural Land Reserve polygons, Agricultural Land Commission (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).

The Province's monitoring records hold groundwater samples from 1 well in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A, 2001 to 2020, among them 1 of the Province's observation wells. The median passed Health Canada's limit for arsenic (1 well). A report names the nearest sampled wells within 10 km of a lot. A neighbouring well isn't your water: test your own. What BC's well water tests for, by place.

Mapped aquifers

10 mapped aquifers lie in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A, most wells first.

1. 1Aquifer 1043: Southeast of Goldenfractured sedimentary rock48 wells · low productivity
2. 2Aquifer 456: Golden, confluence of 2 riversunconfined sand and gravel (medium stream system)47 wells · high productivity
3. 3Aquifer 450: Nicholson; Stacey Creek Fan and Southconfined sand and gravel (glacial)29 wells · moderate productivity
4. 4Aquifer 454: South of Golden; across the river from Nicholsonunconfined sand and gravel (medium stream system)15 wells · moderate productivity
5. 5Aquifer 600: Horse Creek Fan south of Nicholsonunconfined sand and gravel (alluvial or colluvial fan)14 wells · moderate productivity
6. 6Aquifer 1047: 30 km southeast of Goldenunconfined sand and gravel (alluvial or colluvial fan)13 wells · moderate productivity
7. 7Aquifer 1044: 18 km southeast of Goldenunconfined sand and gravel (alluvial or colluvial fan)10 wells · moderate productivity
8. 8Aquifer 455: Hospital Creek near Goldenconfined sand and gravel (glacial)9 wells · moderate productivity
9. 9Aquifer 1049: 45 km southeast of Goldenunconfined sand and gravel (alluvial or colluvial fan)6 wells · moderate productivity
10. 10Aquifer 1048: 40 km southeast of Goldenunconfined sand and gravel (alluvial or colluvial fan)4 wells · moderate productivity

An aquifer is listed for each place that holds at least a twentieth of it, so a sliver of one at the edge can be left out. Wells and productivity are for the whole aquifer, which can reach well beyond Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A. The province maps aquifers mostly in settled valleys, so a lot outside every outline can still have groundwater. Every mapped aquifer in BC · sampled lakes.

Sampled lakes

9 sampled lakes lie in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A (one only partly), largest first.

1. 1Kinbasket Lake420 km² · 64% of it heretoo few readings to judge
2. 2Fortress Lake9 km²too few readings to judge
3. 3Bittern Lake16.7 hatoo few readings to judge
4. 4Blackwater Lake14.3 hatoo few readings to judge
5. 5Aid Lake12.9 hatoo few readings to judge
6. 6Help Lake11.9 hatoo few readings to judge
7. 7Wilbur Lake10.5 hatoo few readings to judge
8. 8Comfort Lake9.1 hatoo few readings to judge
9. 9Baird Lake5.0 hatoo few readings to judge

A lake is listed for each place that holds at least a twentieth of it or 100 ha of it. Clarity is the median summer Secchi depth; the nutrient class is our reading of Carlson's index from phosphorus or chlorophyll, not a provincial rating. Either is given only for a lake with at least 10 summer readings from open water, spread over at least 3 different years, since 2012. Most lakes have never been sampled, so a lake missing here may simply have no record. Every sampled lake in BC.

Source: Groundwater wells (GWELLS), Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Ground Water Aquifers, Water Protection and Sustainability Branch, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); BC Environmental Monitoring Data System (EnMoDS) results, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).

Normals for 1991-2020 at the Golden Airport station, about 6 km from the middle of the area's addresses at Golden (of the communities here with a station within 30 km, the one with the most addresses). * Based on at least 20 or 15 of the 30 years, short of the World Meteorological Organization's standard: treat as a rougher guide. The records are single days measured at the station: the most rain, snow and wind it saw in 1991-2020. Each is one event, not what to expect in a year, and the lot can get more or less than the station. Elevation matters a lot in BC: a hillside lot can be much colder and snowier than the station.

Plant hardiness zone: most homes here are in zone 5a (63%); 14% are in 3a, 11% are in 4b, on Natural Resources Canada's 2025 map. Higher numbers are milder winters. What the zones mean.

Solar panels: a south-facing panel tilted at the latitude would make about 990 kWh a year for each kW of panels at the middle of the area's addresses at Golden, about 45 of it in December (estimated from Natural Resources Canada's 1998-2022 sunshine map). An open sky is assumed: the hills, trees and buildings around a lot cut it, and a report sets the lot's own skyline beside it. What solar panels would make in BC.

By the 2050s (2041-2070) at Golden, climate models project about 15 more days over 30 °C a year, a longest frost-free run about 35 days longer and about 6 percentage points less of winter's precipitation falling as snow, each against the same models' 1971-2000 (model projections under SSP2-4.5, a middle path for emissions). The models work on a grid of about 9 by 6 km, which averages valley floors with the slopes around them, so their own figures can sit well off a station's normals and aren't comparable with them. Their own figures there: about 18 days over 30 °C a year in 2041-2070 (range 11 to 32 across the models), against about 3 days in 1971-2000; a longest frost-free run of about 150 days (range 130 to 170), against about 115; and about 90% of winter's precipitation falling as snow (range 82% to 92%), against about 96%. The ranges run from the 10th to the 90th percentile of the models' 2041-2070 figures. The 2050s across BC.

Light at night within 1 km of the middle of the area's addresses at Golden: none recorded from space, and darker than about 94% of BC's homes (2024 satellite record). A lot away from the centre can be much darker. How dark are BC's nights?

Lightning: around the middle of the area's addresses at Golden, a cloud-to-ground flash within 10 km on about 10 days a year and 0.14 flashes per km² a year, more than at 3 in 4 BC homes (the Canadian Lightning Detection Network, 1998-2025 average, on a grid of about 11 by 7 km).

Source: Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020 and 1981-2010, Environment and Climate Change Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Plant hardiness zones of Canada (2025 map), Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Medium Resolution Digital Elevation Model (MRDEM-30), Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Solar position: General Solar Position Calculations (NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory; Spencer, 1971) (Public domain); Daily average solar irradiance on tilted surfaces for all of Canada (1998-2022), Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Photovoltaic Potential and Solar Resource Maps of Canada (performance ratio), Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada); Statistically downscaled climate indices from CMIP6 global climate models (CanDCS-M6), Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, via the Canadian Centre for Climate Services (Open Government Licence – Canada); Air Quality and Climate Monitoring: Verified Hourly Air Quality and Meteorological Data (fine particulate matter, PM2.5), BC Ministry of Environment and Parks (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); VIIRS Nighttime Lights, 2024 annual composite, Earth Observation Group, Payne Institute for Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines (Elvidge et al. 2021, Remote Sensing 13(5):922), via Hengl, OpenGeoHub, Zenodo doi 10.5281/zenodo.7750174 (CC BY 4.0); Canadian Lightning Detection Network cloud-to-ground flashes (CanCPLDv1), Environment and Climate Change Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada).

The Province lists 13 active waste discharge authorizations in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A; the commonest kinds: sewage treatment or discharge site (7), mine (3) and landfill, transfer station or other solid waste site (2). Of these, 3 may discharge to air, 8 effluent to water or land and 2 refuse to land. A report lists any within 2 km of a lot, and flags one whose point is on it. Permitted discharges in BC, by place.

The Province maps 4 open gravel pits and quarries in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A, among them Dogtooth Pit, Drown Gravel Pit and Holt Creek; and 8 other open mine permits: 3 placer mines, 3 mineral exploration permit areas and 2 mineral exploration or mine permit areas. A report lists the permits within 2 km of a lot, names an open pit or quarry within 500 m and flags one whose permit area takes in the lot. Gravel pits and mine permits in BC, by place.

On ParcelMap BC, the land in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A is 2% private, 2% Crown land with a parcel drawn (2% with no title); no parcel is mapped over 96%, likely most of it untitled Crown land, with lakes and road allowances. A report says who owns the land along a lot's line. Crown land next to a property, and every place's land by owner.

The Ministry of Forests maps 6 active Crown range tenures (6 grazing) reaching into Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A, over 11% of its area, licensed for about 1,547 animal unit months of grazing a year in all. Outside a pound district, keeping livestock off a lot is the owner's fence to build. A report lists any tenure within 1 km of a lot. Open range and grazing in BC, by place.

The Province maps 38 registered traplines over 77% of the area and 7 guide outfitter territories over 55% in Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A. The maps are drawn over titled land too, but traplines are registered on Crown land: on titled land, anyone but the owner or occupier needs their written permission to trap. A report says whether either takes in a lot. Traplines and guiding territories in BC, by place.

Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A lies in wildlife management units 4-36 (31%), 4-40 (20%), 4-34 (20%), 4-37 (16%), 4-35 (9%): the Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis sets seasons and closed areas by unit. Hunting and shooting on your own property.

BC Parks maps 7 parks and protected areas (Bugaboo Park, a provincial park; Burges James Gadsden Park, a provincial park; Cummins Lakes Park, a provincial park; Cummins River Protected Area; and 3 more) reaching into Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A, over 4% of its land. Recreation Sites and Trails BC lists 35 sites there. A report names the nearest park and recreation site within 25 km of a lot. Parks and recreation sites in BC, by place.

Check one lot: is there a mineral claim? · power lines nearby? · pipelines nearby? · a gravel pit nearby? · a landfill or plant nearby? · logging planned nearby? · cattle on open range? · is there a trapline? · can I hunt on it? · a park nearby? · Crown land next door?

Source: Mineral, placer and coal tenures, Mineral Titles Branch (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); 2021 census subdivision boundaries, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence).

Census figures are from 2021; the next census results start in 2027. Area boundaries are Statistics Canada's census subdivisions, which follow municipal and electoral area lines. The places named at the top are the official place names in the area (BC Geographical Names) with the most 2021 homes nearer them than any other name, on ISED's home points: our reading.

Source: Census of Population 2021, Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada Open Licence); BC Geographical Names, Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia); Pseudo-Household Demographic Distribution (2021), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada).