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Canim Lake Band
The
Canim Lake
Band
is a
First Nations government
of the
Secwepemc Nation
, located in the
Central Interior
region
of the
Canadian province
of
British Columbia
. Its main
Indian reserve
is located at
Canim Lake, British Columbia
, near
100 Mile House
. It was created when
the government
of the then-Colony of
British
Columbia
established
an
Indian Reserve
system
in the 1860s. It is a member government of the
Northern Shuswap Tribal Council
.
The Canim Lake people are known in the
Shuswap language
as the
Tsq'escenemc
, "people of standing rock", while their
community
is known as
Tsq'escen'