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Sechelt
The District Municipality of Sechelt is located on the lower Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. Approximately 50 km northwest of Vancouver, Sechelt is accessible to the mainland of British Columbia via a 40-minute ferry trip between Horseshoe Bay and Langdale, and a 25-minute drive from Langdale along Highway 101, also known as the Sunshine Coast Highway. The municipality takes its name from the Coast Salish Shishalh people, who first settled the area thousands of years ago, and means "land between two waters".
The original Village of Sechelt was incorporated on February 15, 1956. Sechelt later expanded its boundaries in 1986 with the inclusion of a number of adjacent unincorporated areas. The District of Sechelt, as it is known today, encompasses some 39.71 km² (15.33 sq mi) at the isthmus of the Sechelt Peninsula, between the southern tip of Sechelt Inlet (Porpoise Bay) and the Strait of Georgia that separates the provincial mainland from Vancouver Island). Sechelt is a seaside community that extends primarily along the coastline of the Sunshine Coast. It is bounded to the west and east by the unincorporated communities of Halfmoon Bay and Roberts Creek, respectively. As of the 2006 Canadian census its population was 8,455. Sechelt is the seat of the Sunshine Coast Regional District of British Columbia.
Although its population is relatively small for its area, Sechelt has several distinct neighbourhoods. From east to west, these are: Wilson Creek, Davis Bay, Selma Park, the original Village of Sechelt, and West Sechelt. There are also several neighbourhoods around Sechelt Inlet that were included in its incorporation as a District in 1986 and include the West Porpoise Bay, East Porpoise Bay, Sandy Hook, and Tuwanek communities. The municipality is adjacent to the municipal government of the Shishalh First Nation, which contains a substantial commercial district, immediately east of the downtown village.
==History==
The Shishalh settled the area many thousands of years ago taking advantage of its mild temperate climate and ideal location between Sechelt Inlet (providing access to Jervis Inlet) to the north and Georgia Strait to the south. Europeans moved into Sechelt in the 1860s. By the 1880s, Sechelt had become an active centre for the logging and fishing industries, with the construction of sawmills and wharves. The natural beauty of the Sunshine Coast soon began to attract tourists, who arrived at the wharves at Trail Bay via steamship. The construction of the original provincial highway in 1952, Highway 101, now known as Sunshine Coast Highway, and the concomitant commencement of ferry service to Horseshoe Bay (near Vancouver) and Powell River (hence to Vancouver Island), accelerated tourism and residential growth which continues today.
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