Lillooet
community on the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada
Lillooet (English: ) is a district municipality in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. The town is on the west shore of the Fraser River immediately north of the Seton River mouth. On BC Highway 99, the locality is by road about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Pemberton, 64 kilometres (40 mi) northwest of Lytton, and 172 kilometres (107 mi) west of Kamloops.
First Nations
The town is a main population centre of the Stʼatʼimc (Lillooet Nation), who comprise just over 50 per cent of the Lillooet area residents. First Nations communities assert the land is traditional territory, having been continuously inhabited for thousands of years. The confluence of several main streams with the Fraser attracted large seasonal and permanent indigenous populations. Situated in the Lower Fountain, the Bridge River Rapids (Sat' or Setl), which blocked migrating salmon, has remained a popular fishing and fish drying site for centuries. Keatley Creek Archaeological Site, one of the largest ancient pit-house communities in the Pacific Northwest, is one of the many archaeological and heritage sites in the vicinity. Several petroglyph sites have been documented along the Fraser in the vicinity of Lillooet.
Name origin
The First Nations name of Pap-shil-KWA-KA-meen translates as the "place where the three rivers meet".
The public source identifies “Lillooet” as community on the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lillooet, community and Fraser.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q355257. Authority coordinates are 50.686, -121.936. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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