Kamloops

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 49. Chapters: Buildings and structures in Kamloops, Education in Kamloops, Media in Kamloops, Neighbourhoods in Kamloops, People from Kamloops, Sport in Kamloops, Transportation in Kamloops, British Columbia Wildlife Park, Mark Recchi, 1998 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, Kamloops Blazers, Heffley Creek, Kamloops, Don Hay, British Columbia Highway 5, Doug Lidster, The Rocky Mountain Rangers, CFJC-TV, 1998 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, Secwepemc Cultural Education Society, Mark Sweeten Wade, Koingo Software, Kamloops-North Thompson, Jack Davis, Mitch Berger, Allan McLean, Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, Kamloops Indian Band, Juniper Ridge, Kamloops, Kamloops Transit System, Kanao Inouye, Kamloops Storm, School District 73 Kamloops/Thompson, Jean Baptiste Lolo, Kamloops Lake, 1996 Labatt Brier, John Pozer, Bert Marshall, Kamloops Airport, Mark Madryga, Sydney John Smith, Johnny Ussher, Don Ashby, Elise Gatien, West End, Kamloops, Kamloops Broncos, Kamloops Golden Baseball League Team, Kamloops railway station, Merle Terlesky, Benjamin Ayres, Jeff Stoddard, Kamloops-South Thompson, Tim Watters, Kamloops Festival of the Performing Arts, Terry Lake, Aaron Keller, Kamloops Chiefs, Mount Tod, Aberdeen, Kamloops, Todd Esselmont, British Columbia Highway 5A, Patrick Dohm, Western Canada Theatre, Barnhartvale, Kamloops, Thompson Rivers WolfPack, Kevin Krueger, Chris Masuak, Rick Boh, Kamloops North railway station, Kelly Olynyk, Steve Marr, Dave Vankoughnett, St. Paul's Cathedral, Batchelor Hill, Kamloops Water Aerodrome, Mount Lolo, Kamloops Indian Residential School, Secwepemc Museum and Heritage Park, Robert and Henry Pratt, City of Kamloops Museum and Archives, Sahali, Kamloops, 172nd Battalion, CEF, Brocklehurst, Kamloops, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Tranquille, Kamloops, Craig Endean, Westsyde, Kamloops, Rayleigh, Kamloops, Sun Rivers, British Columbia, Bob Mowat, Dallas, Kamloops, Batchelor Hills, Yellowhead Bridge, Knutsford, Kamloops, Dufferin, Kamloops, North Kamloops. Excerpt: Kamloops is a city in south central British Columbia, at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River and near Kamloops Lake. It is the largest community in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the location of the regional district's offices. The surrounding region is more commonly referred to as the Thompson Country. It is ranked 37th on the list of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada and represents the 44th largest census agglomeration nationwide, with 92,882 residents in 2006. Kamloops and the Thompson River, 1886The Kamloops area was not exclusively inhabited by the Secwepemc (Shuswap) nation (part of the Interior Salish language group) prior to the arrival of European settlers. The Cree-Saulteaux band led by Chief Yawassannay had migrated to this region in the early 15th century. The Yawassanay band's Kamloops settlement was the largest of their three tribal areas. The first European explorers arrived in 1811, in the person of David Stuart, sent out from Fort Astoria, then still a Pacific Fur Company post, and who spent a winter there with the Secwepemc people, with Alexander Ross establishing a post there in May 1812 - "Fort Cumcloups". The rival North West Company established another post - Fort Shuswap - nearby in the same year. The two operations were merged in 1813 when the North West Company officials in the region bought out the operations of the Pacific Fur Company. After t...