Talk:Sechelt

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reserve or Indian Government District

as I recall, part of the land claims settlement the Shishalh reached with BC - if it survives - is that their reserve is now an Indian Government District. Soething like a municipality in terms of relation to...the Municipal Act? This came up somewhere else, but maybe not in Wikipedia, could hav been in a Tyee forum. Maybe it's the band that's the IGD rather than the Reserve land, I'm not sure.....in the eyes of noon-supporters of the settlement, of course, the whole Sechelt Peninsula is Shishalh land....Skookum1 (talk) 01:20, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, see "Sechelt Indian Government District". BC Geographical Names.. Not sure how to incorporate this into the Sechelt town article, requires some cumbersome wording maybe, or at least a lengthy explanation; worth nothing that "Sechelt, British Columbia" has effectively two municipalities, the District Municipality and the Indian Government District. Not sure if the SIGD is represented in the Regional District, but you'd think so, since it's technically a municipal govenrment now....from the way I understand the settlement anyway...Skookum1 (talk)

Article additions

I have some ideas for additions to the History section of the article. I could expand a bit more on the prehistory way of life for the old sechelt people as well as some of the recorded history. Also i have the Sechelt Dictionary and could make corrections to the spelling of Sechelt language words. Sechelt Dictionary (2011) is written by Ron Beaumont, The Salish People Volume IV (1978) is written by Charles Hill-Tout, Early Indian Village Churches (1977) is written by John Veillette and Gary White, and Enclyopedia of British Columbia. All have information pertaining to Sechelt history. Tyronejoemayes (talk) 20:17, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Article improvement

As a resident of Sechelt, I've assigned myself a casual project of reviewing, adding to, and upgrading this article. All help gratefully accepted! I have some experience making small edits to existing articles, but this is my largest planned contribution to Wikipedia so far. I'm planning on working down through the list of elements and sections shown in the Structure guidelines for Canadian communities on the Canadian communities WikiProject, editing and adding material as I go, focusing on sections that are entirely missing. First up - the Geography section, which is currently missing. Ddhawk (talk) 23:01, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Most Famous Inhabitant

Sechelt's most famous inhabitant is Joni Mitchell. 2003:C0:DF1B:E700:6AE2:B60E:E77F:25B3 (talk) 09:16, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

BC Geography

As a reader not very familiar with the region, this passage left me confused:

"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."

Because, per the other geographic descriptions on the page and reviewing the map, Sechelt is in "mainland British Columbia!"

I see this term is used widely in articles about the region but I’m not sure it's defined anywhere (though Lower Mainland is, if not very precisely). As I understand, Mainland generally is only exclusionary of islands, and its article supports this definition.

So, perhaps the intent of this passage is to exclude Sechelt from "the mainland" because it is (partially) on the Sechelt Peninsula, but that would be a non-standard use. More likely, I think, it is to explain that such a route is necessary from "nearby developed areas of Mainland BC," ie. the Vancouver Metro, because there does not appear to be any direct overland route. This is admittedly wordy, however; does anyone else have any thoughts on how better to clarify this passage? Walkersam (talk) 20:56, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]