During
the early days of european settlement along the Shuswap Lakes,
the settlements along the South Shuswap served as critical loading
points for goods and people being trasported to the North Shuswap,
and throughout the Shuswap trasportation system.
Blind
Bay was once known as Trapper's Landing, and served as a critical
shipping point for the Shuswap Lakes. Notch Hill, only 5km from
Trapper's Landing, was the transfer point to the railway. Furs,
lumber and other trade goods as well as people were transported
by ship at Trapper's Landing.
Today
Blind Bay is a growing community easily accessible off the Trans-Canada
Highway. The natural scenery which brought settlers to the region
in the late 1800s still draws people to the area. Marinas now
sit where Trapper's Landing was once located, and Blind Bay along
with the other communities of the South and North Shuswap area
recreation paradise for locals and tourists alike.
See
Also:
map
travel directory
Links:
Shuswap
Marina Ltd.
South
Shuswap Chamber of Commerce
Sum-R-Fun
Houseboat Rentals