What is "similkameen"

Similkameen may refer to:

• Similkameen Country or Similkameen District, or "the Similkameen", a historical georegion in British Columbia, Canada
• Similkameen River, a river that runs through southern British Columbia, discharging into the Okanogan River near Oroville, Washington, United States
• Similkameen people, or Similkameens, a branch of the Salishan-speaking Okanagan people
  • Lower Similkameen Indian Band, a First Nations government
  • Upper Similkameen Indian Band
• Similkameen (electoral district), a defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
• Boundary-Similkameen, a defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia
• Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, a regional district in British Columbia
• Okanagan—Similkameen, a defunct federal electoral district in British Columbia
• Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt, a defunct Canadian federal electoral district in British Columbia

Similkameen was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia formed around the historic mining district of the same name. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. After the 1963 election, which was the occasion of this riding's last appearance, this electoral district was combined with the Boundary District to form Boundary-Similkameen for the 1966 election.