Sunset on the Sunshine coast
by Jeff Swan
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Sunset on the Sunshine coast
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Jeff Swan
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Photograph - Photography
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a district municipality in British Columbia. For the nearby Indian government district, see Sechelt Indian Government District. For the Aboriginal people, see Shishalh.
Sechelt
District municipality
District of Sechelt[1]
Motto: Blessed by Sun and Seas
Sechelt, British Columbia Location.png
Coordinates: 49�28′27″N 123�45′15″W
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
Region Sunshine Coast
Regional District Sunshine Coast RD
Founded 1862 (Roman Catholic mission)
Incorporated Feb. 15, 1956
Government
� Mayor Bruce Milne
� Governing body Sechelt Municipal Council
� MLAs Nicholas Simons, NDP
Area
� District municipality 39.71 km2 (15.33 sq mi)
Elevation 8 m (26 ft)
Population (2006)
� District municipality 8,454
� Density 212.9/km2 (551/sq mi)
� Metro 27,759 (regional district)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
Postal code span V0N 3A0
Area code(s) +1-604
Website district.sechelt.bc.ca
Coordinates: 49�28′27″N 123�45′15″W The District Municipality of Sechelt /ˈsiːʃɛlt/ is located on the lower Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. Approximately 50 km northwest of Vancouver, it is accessible from mainland British Columbia by 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 name Sechelt means "land between two waters" in the language of the Coast Salish Shishalh people, who first settled the area thousands of years ago.
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 km� (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, and is bounded to the west and east by the unincorporated communities of Halfmoon Bay and Roberts Creek, respectively. The 2006 Canadian census placed its population at 8,455. Sechelt is the seat of the Sunshine Coast Regional District of British Columbia.
Although its population is relatively small for its geographical area, Sechelt has several distinct neighbourhoods. From east to west, they are Wilson Creek, Davis Bay, Selma Park, the original Village of Sechelt, and West Sechelt. Several neighbourhoods around Sechelt Inlet were also included in Sechelt's 1986 incorporation as a district; these include West Porpoise Bay, East Porpoise Bay, Sandy Hook and Tuwanek. The municipal government of the Shishalh First Nation, which contains a substantial commercial district, is immediately east of Sechelt's "downtown" village.
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