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List Of Crossings Of The Thompson River
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Thompson River, in the Canadian province of British Columbia from its mouth upstream to its source(s). Also listed are crossings of the North and South Forks. Main River North Thompson River This is a list of all crossings of the North Thompson River from its mouth in Kamloops to its source. South Thompson River This is a list of all crossings of the South Thompson River from its mouth in Kamloops to its source. See also *List of crossings of the Fraser River *List of crossings of the Nechako River This is a list of bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing pas ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson River Thompson Lists of bridges in Canada Bridges in Canada by river Lists of river crossings Crossings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually something that is otherwise difficult or impossible to cross. There are many different designs of bridges, each serving a particular purpose and applicable to different situations. Designs of bridges vary depending on factors such as the function of the bridge, the nature of the terrain where the bridge is constructed and anchored, the material used to make it, and the funds available to build it. The earliest bridges were likely made with fallen trees and stepping stones. The Neolithic people built boardwalk bridges across marshland. The Arkadiko Bridge, dating from the 13th century BC, in the Peloponnese is one of the oldest arch bridges in existence and use. Etymology The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' traces the origin of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamloops
Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North Thompson River, North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake. The city is the administrative centre for, and largest city in, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, a region of the British Columbia Interior. The city was incorporated in 1893 with about 500 residents. The Canadian Pacific Railway was completed through downtown in 1886, and the Canadian National Railway, Canadian National arrived in 1912, making Kamloops an important transportation hub. Kamloops North station is the first stop on VIA Rail's eastbound transcontinental service, ''The Canadian'', while the Rocky Mountaineer and the Kamloops Heritage Railway both use Kamloops station. With a 2021 population of 97,902, it is the List of municipalities in British Columbia, twelfth largest municipality in the province. The Kamloops Census geographic units o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chase, British Columbia
Chase is a village located in the Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of 2,399, and its main industries are forestry and tourism. It is located at the outlet of Little Shuswap Lake, which is the source of the South Thompson River. Chase Creek, which drops over three small waterfalls before flowing through the town, enters the South Thompson just below the lake's outlet. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chase had a population of 2,399 living in 1,175 of its 1,249 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,286. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Religion According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Chase included: *Irreligion (1,465 persons or 61.6%) *Christianity (880 persons or 37.0%) *Buddhism (10 persons or 0.4%) *Other (20 persons or 0.8%) Government and infrastructure Fire department The Village of Chase provides fire services to the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pritchard, British Columbia
Pritchard is an unincorporated community straddling the South Thompson River in the Thompson region of south central British Columbia. Northeast of the BC Highway 97 intersection on BC Highway 1, the locality is by road about west of Chase and east of Kamloops. Pioneer settlers James Todd and George Bohun Martin were employees of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). Todd pre-empted about on the south side shore eastward from the present bridge. In 1866, Martin took over Todd's land. Adjacent, Jean Laveau briefly settled to the east, at what became Laveau Creek, and Edward de Champs to the west at what became Neds Creek. On the north shore, opposite the Martin holding, Arthur Gore Pemberton settled. Preston Bennett and Moses Lumby, who bought south of Martin in 1867, sold this adjoining property to Martin in 1870. To serve paddle steamers, a large wharf was built in the 1860s about east from the present bridge. The 1885 arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) brought a fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Creek, British Columbia
Monte Creek is an unincorporated community in the Thompson region of south central British Columbia. The former ferry landing is east of the mouth of Monte Creek and on the south shore of the South Thompson River. Immediately west of the BC Highway 97 intersection on BC Highway 1, the locality is by road about west of Chase and east of Kamloops. Name origin Arriving in 1862, Jacob Duck and Alex Pringle pre-empted on both sides of river, farmed, and ran a roadhouse. Duck and Pringle's became the place, postal, and telegraph name. The post office opened in 1870. In 1882, Duck bought out his partner to become sole owner of the estate, which carried 1,000 head of cattle. In 1883, the community name shortened to Duck's and Albert Duck (see #Holmwood) joined his uncle. Jacob Duck was the inaugural postmaster. The post office rename in 1896 derived from the creek. One suggestion describes it as "the place of mounting", where travellers switched from river travel to riding or ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellowhead Bridge (Kamloops)
The Yellowhead Bridge or the East Kamloops Bridge is a road bridge in Kamloops, British Columbia. It carries Highway 5 over the South Thompson River. It was completed in December of 1968 and has a length of 179.2 metres, not including a preceding railway overhead on the south side of the river. See also * List of crossings of the Thompson River * List of bridges in Canada This is a list of bridges and viaducts in Canada, including those for pedestrians and vehicular traffic. Historical and architectural interest bridges There are only a few covered bridges left in Canada. In Quebec, despite over 1,200 existing ... References Road bridges in British Columbia Buildings and structures in Kamloops Bridges completed in 1968 {{ThompsonNicola-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Bridge (Kamloops)
The Red Bridge was a road bridge that spanned the South Thompson River in Kamloops, British Columbia. The bridge carried two narrow road lanes of Mt. Paul Way between Lorne Street on the south bank of the river to the Mt. Paul industrial area on the north side. Mt. Paul Way then continued for through the industrial park to intersect with Highway 5. The Red Bridge was of the Howe truss design, and was one of the only remaining functioning bridges of this type in British Columbia. It was completely destroyed by fire on September 19, 2024. The bridge got its name from the red-coloured paint applied to the bridge's piers and, more prominently, pedestrian handrails. This legacy stretches back to the first and second bridges, meaning the name was already well-established by the time the current bridge was built. The wood surrounding the piers had not been repainted in many years, so the colour was barely visible, but a recent repainting along the edges of the bridge deck and the pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway () , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, known until 2023 as Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001. The railway is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. In 2023, the railway owned approximately of track in seven provinces of Canada and into the United States, stretching from Montreal to Vancouver, and as far north as Edmonton. Its rail network also served Minneapolis–St. Paul, Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, and Albany, New York, in the United States. The railway was first built between eastern Canada and British Columbia between 1875 and 1885 (connecting with Ottawa Valley and Georgian Bay area lines built earlier), fulfilling a commitment extended to British Columbia when it entered Canadia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albreda River
The Albreda River is a river in Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George in the Interior region of British Columbia, Canada. It is in the Pacific Ocean drainage basin and is a left tributary of the North Thompson River. The nearest communities to the mouth of the creek on British Columbia Highway 5 are Blue River south and Valemount north; the mouth of the river is at a point where the North Thompson River, arriving downstream from its source, turns 90° right and heads south. Course The creek begins at an unnamed confluence in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, heads southwest under British Columbia Highway 5 and the Canadian National Railway transcontinental main line (used by freight traffic and the Via Rail ''Canadian'' train), and turns southeast. The highway and railway line follow the Albreda River valley, crossing several times, for the balance of its course. The river passes into Thompson-Nicola Regional District at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue River, British Columbia
Blue River is a small community of 175 residents at the 2021 census in British Columbia, situated on Highway 5 about halfway between Kamloops and Jasper, Alberta It is located at the confluence of the Blue and North Thompson Rivers. The local economy is supported by logging, tourism and transportation industries. Geography Blue River lies in a wide, gravelly part of the North Thompson River valley. Its podzolic soils are strongly acidic and coarse, with abundant sand, gravel and stones. Drainage is not as rapid as would be expected from the soils' coarse texture because the subsoils tend to be cemented. The forests and mountains around Blue River have plentiful big game such as deer, moose, black and grizzly bears, and caribou. Birds include osprey, eagles, woodpeckers and ravens. The mountain pine beetle has become the area's most significant insect. Lodgepole pine is the most common tree at Blue River, with strong reproduction offsetting impacts from the mounta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avola, British Columbia
Avola is an unincorporated community in the Thompson region of eastern British Columbia. The former ferry site is on the west shore of the North Thompson River immediately north of the mouth of Avola Creek. Off BC Highway 5, the locality is by road about northeast of the Kamloops and south of Blue River. Name origin The general area, which stretched about , had been known as Stillwater Flat for 50 years prior to the new station being named in 1913 by the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) after the Sicilian town of Avola. Since the opening of the post office that year equally demanded a unique name to avoid confusion with the Stillwater one elsewhere, it is unclear who was the prime instigator of the new name. The earliest newspaper reference to the name was August 1913. Earlier community Harry F. Hardy, who arrived in the general area in 1909, drove the Chu Chua– Vavenby stage 1911–1913, which sometimes extended as far as Wire Cache. W.C. (Charlie) Fowler, who opened the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vavenby, British Columbia
Vavenby is a community of approximately 700 residents located in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Economy in the region centres primarily on forestry, logging, agriculture, and tourism. Adjacent to the community lies the North Thompson River, the Yellowhead Highway (#5), and the Canadian National Railway. History Franklin Allingham was the first European resident in the upper North Thompson valley before the railway arrived. He homesteaded a piece of land around 1886 on the north side of the North Thompson River. This location is approximately two kilometres from the present day township. In 1910, the original postmaster Daubney Pridgeon suggested that the settlement be named after his birthplace Navenby but the postal authorities misread his handwriting and the settlement was named Vavenby. Economic history The economy in the community continues to heavily reflect that of the lumber industry. The two mills Weyerhaeuser The Weyerhaeuser Company ( ) is an Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
