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Kamloops and the Thompson River, 1886 Paddle steamer at Kamloops in 1887. The first European explorers arrived in 1811. David Stuart, a trader sent from Fort Astoria, then still a Pacific Fur Company post, spent a winter with the Secwépemc people. In May of the following year, trader Alexander Ross established a post, which was known as "Fort ...
The steamship Kamloops was built by Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. [3] in Haverton Hill, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England, United Kingdom, for Steamships Ltd. of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [4] With a length of only 250 feet (75 m) and rated at 2,402 gross tons, [4] Kamloops was a relatively small vessel for the Great Lakes in the 1920s. [3]
Kamloops is the focal point of Thompson Country. Thompson Country, also referred to as The Thompson and sometimes as the Thompson Valley and historically known as the Couteau Country or Couteau District, is a historic geographic region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, more or less defined by the basin of the Thompson River.
During Kamloops' evolution in the 19th century, the West End was the main site of residential settlement in the growing town. The name of Nicola Wagon Road in the neighbourhood bears witness to the fact that the West End was the first concentration of inhabitation in what would become one of British Columbia's most spread-out cities.
Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc (Shuswap pronunciation: [tkʼəmˈlups tə səˈxʷɛpəmx]), [1] abbreviated TteS and previously known as the Kamloops Indian Band, is a First Nations government within the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council, [2] which represents ten of the seventeen Secwepemc band governments, all in the southern Central Interior region, spanning the Thompson and Shuswap districts.
Located at 207 Seymour Street in downtown Kamloops, at the corner of 2nd Avenue. In addition to historical exhibits and educational programmes, the facility also is home to the city's archives, including a special collection, the Mary Balf Archives, focused around the works of Mary Balf , a prolific local historian, but including a wide array ...
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The Kamloops Heritage Railway is a heritage railway in Kamloops, British Columbia. The railway used to operate throughout the year running trains within Kamloops. The train was pulled by restored steam locomotive Canadian National Railway #2141, the "Spirit of Kamloops". The museum is currently on temporary static display.