| Feature Type: | Provincial Park - Legally defined land area, under provincial jurisdiction, for camping, outdoor recreation, and preservation of wildlife. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Surrounding Adams River between Adams and Shuswap Lakes, NW of Salmon Arm (municipality), Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°55'06"N, 119°37'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adams River Recreation Area established per Order in Council 207, 20 January 1977, containing 2442 acres more or less. Name changed to Roderick Haig-Brown Conservation Area per OIC 1690, 22 June 1978. Name further changed to Roderick Haig-Brown Recreation Area per OIC 499, 22 February 1979. Area expanded per OIC 677/84 and OIC 2140/87. Changed to a provincial park, to be known as Roderick Haig-Brown Park per OIC 392, 21 March 1989, the whole containing 988 ha. more or less. Conversion of OIC to Statute designation and area expanded to include the 71-ha. site formerly known as Hiuihil Creek Park per Bill 29: Park Amendment Act 1997, 23 July 1997, the whole now containing 1059 ha. more or less. Name changed to Tsútswecw Park per Bill 19-2018: Protected Areas of BC Amendment Act. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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The Secwepemc word “Tsútswecw” (pronounced choo-chwek) translates to ‘many rivers’. Audio pronunciation is available on the BC Parks web page. (Information from the BC Parks web page for Tsútswecw Park.) Source: included with note |