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Semiahmoo Bay, just south of White Rock. Point Roberts can be seen on the horizon. Semiahmoo Bay (/ ˌ s ɛ m i ˈ ɑː m oʊ / SEM-ee-AH-moh) is the southeastern section of Boundary Bay on the Pacific coast of North America in British Columbia, Canada. The bay is named for the Semiahmoo First Nation, who originally occupied the area
Originally labelled Campbell Creek in 1917 by the Geographic Board of Canada, [3] it was labelled Tahtaloo on International Boundary Survey sheet 2 (date not cited) (a toponym derived from Tah-tu-lo, the Semiahmoo endonym for their dialect of Straits Salish); variant spellings include Tahla too, Tah-la-loo, and Tah tu lo. [4]
Ocean Park was part of the territory of the Semiahmoo people, one of a group of tribes called the Straits Salish, a division of the Coast Salish. They used this place for spiritual renewal and named the area "Kwomais" which literally means place of vision, because of its high bluffs and unobstructed views to the ocean and islands.
Semiahmoo Resort is a golfing resort and spa overlooking Semiahmoo Bay, opposite Blaine, Washington, northwest of Bellingham in the northwestern coast of the United States. Set within 1,100 acres (450 ha), it lies on a long sandy spit in the northern part of Puget Sound near the Canada–US border. [ 1 ]
Semiahmoo (/ ˌ s ɛ m i ˈ ɑː m oʊ / SEM-ee-AH-moh, / ˌ s ɛ m i ˈ ɑː m uː / SEM-ee-AH-moo; North Straits Salish: SEMYOME or səmyámə) may refer to: . Semiahmoo Bay, south-eastern section of Boundary Bay, bisected by the US-Canada border near White Rock, British Columbia
The Semiahmoo Trail still exists in White Rock and South Surrey, running from the site of the Boundary Commission Camp at the estuary of the Campbell River, overland to Mud Bay north of Crescent Beach. An 1865 survey map calls this route the "Telegraph Trail".
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The Kennedy Trail was the first settler built trail in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. [1] James Kennedy first proposed "a trail from some point opposite New Westminster, across to some other point near to Semiahmoo Bay" in a letter written to Governor James Douglas in June 1860. [2]