What is "lillooet"

Lillooet , formerly Cayoosh Flat, is a community on the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada, about up the British Columbia Railway line from Vancouver. Situated at an intersection of deep gorges in the lee of the Coast Mountains, it has a dry climate- of precipitation is recorded annually. Lillooet has a long growing season, and once had prolific market gardens and orchard produce. It often vies with Lytton and Osoyoos for the title of "Canada's Hot Spot" on a daily basis in summer.

Lillooet is a town in the Fraser Canyon in British Columbia.

Lillooet may also refer to:

• The St'at'imc people, also known as the Lillooet people
• The Lillooet language, also known under the names St'at'imcets and Ucwalmícwts
• The Lillooet Tribal Council, which is the usual English name for the largest tribal council of the St'at'imc people
• the Lillooet Indian Band is the former (though still used), name for the government now known as T'it'q'et First Nation

Lillooet is found on many geographic features:

• The Lillooet River, a tributary of the Fraser River
• Lillooet Lake, a lake on the Lillooet River
• The Lillooet Ranges, a subdivision of the Coast Mountains
• The Lillooet Icecap an icefield in the Coast Mountains, about 200k north of Vancouver and at the head of the Lillooet and Bridge Rivers
• The Lillooet Glacier, a tongue of the Lillooet Icecap which is the source of the Lillooet River

It is also common in administrative names:

• the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada
• the Lillooet Land District is a legal land-survey region of British Columbia dating to the founding of the colony in 1858 used in all property and legal documents
• Yale-Lillooet was a provincial electoral district or "riding" in British Columbia which superseded:
  • Lillooet (electoral district) was a historical provincial electoral district 1871–1890 and 1903–1966. It was among the province's original twelve ridings
  • Lillooet West (electoral district) was a historical provincial electoral district in the 1894, 1898 and 1890 British Columbia elections
  • Lillooet East (electoral district) was a historical provincial electoral district in the 1894, 1898 and 1890 British Columbia elections
  • and parts of the original Yale riding
  • NB the original federal district including the town and area of Lillooet was Cariboo

The Lillooet electoral district was a riding (provincial constituency) in the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the town of the same name and with various boundaries. Originally with two members, the constituency was split into Lillooet West and Lillooet East in the 1894, 1898, and 1900 elections, with Lillooet West being recomprised as one riding (with only one member) in the 1903 election.