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settled in the valley in 1880. In 1905 Enderby took its place amongst the
incorporated cities of the province with George Bell as its chief magistrate.

Farther north on the Shuswap River are the settlements of Silver Creek
and Deep Creek. ‘The story of these two areas is one of wresting the land
from the forest and building cabins with axe and saw. Prosper, a West
Indian negro was the first settler in Deep Creek and the first white people
were the Pickerings.

Grindrod’s early settlement followed the same pattern. Early records
reveal that it was an Indian camping ground during the salmon run. ‘Then
came the early settlers. George Weir, an Irishman, started the first cattle
ranch, James Emery homesteaded the land which has become the modern
farm the third generation now lives on, and W. Monk gave up ranching
to become the first market gardener and dairy farmer in the area. In 1905
the Columbia River Logging Company cut the timber on the present
townsite and in 1920 the first Ukrainian settlers arrived and two years
later built their remarkable church.

The early settlers sought the more open Okanagan and Spallumcheen
valleys, so settlement of the Salmon Arm area including Sicamous, Canoe,
South Canoe and Valley followed the completion of the C.P.R. Because
creeks flowing into this arm of the Shuswap were filled with salmon seeking
their spawning grounds, white settlers called this place Salmon Arm. ‘The
first homesteader settled at Sunnybrae on the north side of the arm in 1865.
Next came a German, named Swordfighter, who built a cabin where the
city now stands. ‘The great flood of 1894 followed by a fire wrecked havoc
but the town was rebuilt. ‘he year 1890 saw the introduction of logging,
milling and fruit growing, all of which flourished until today its residents
proudly call Salmon Arm the “Gem of the Shuswap.”

The construction of the C.P.R. along this section of Shuswap Lake
established the town of Sicamous, an Indian name meaning “Shimmering
Water.” It became the distributing centre for the surrounding area and
lake boats tied up at Eagle Pass Landing which was later known as “Old
Town.” Because Sicamous was the junction for traffic southbound to the
Okanagan the C.P.R. built a fine hotel which operated until 1956.

In 1889 D. S. Mitchell homesteaded in South Canoe which was first
surveyed in 1893 by D. A. Fitzpatrick and in 1896 the road was built
through to Enderby. Canoe, South Canoe, and Tappen are supported by
sawmills, the one at Canoe being sponsored by the Saskatchewan Govern-
ment. In Valley, first settled by A. J. Hedgeman in 1888, dairying and
mixed farming also contribute to the district’s economy. Here, too, the first
log school was opened in 1892 and was later replaced by a frame building
which is now part of the Valley’s Women’s Institute Hall.

Logging and forestry products are the mainstay of Chase, Chase Creek,
Adam’s Lake, Mount Ida, North Shuswap Lake and Magna Bay. Chase
and Chase Creek owe their names to an adventurous easterner, Whitefield
Chase who started west for the California gold rush but went too far north.
After a try at farming he settled on land where Chase now stands. At first
the rich farm lands brought in more settlers who prospered to the extent