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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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson River Thompson Lists of bridges in Canada Bridges in Canada by river Lists of river crossings Crossings Crossings may refer to: * ''Crossings'' (Buffy novel), a 2002 original novel based on the U.S. television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' * Crossings (game), a two-player abstract strategy board game invented by Robert Abbott * ''Crossings'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way 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, and 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 still 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 South flowing North Thompson River and the West flowing Thompson River, east of Kamloops Lake. It is located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, whose district offices are based here. The surrounding region is sometimes referred to as the Thompson Country. The city was incorporated in 1893 with about 500 residents. The Canadian Pacific Railroad was completed through downtown in 1886, and the Canadian National arrived in 1912, making Kamloops an important transportation hub. With a 2021 population of 97,902, it is the twelfth largest municipality in the province. The Kamloops census agglomeration is ranked 36th among census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada with a 2021 population of 114,142. Kamloops is promoted as the ''Tournament Capital of Canada''. It hosts more than 100 sporting tournaments each year (hockey, baseball, curling, etc) at world-class sports fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Creek, British Columbia
Monte Creek is a rural locality on the South Thompson River east of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, approximately equidistant from Kamloops and the village of Chase, British Columbia. It is a major highway junction where British Columbia Highway 97 branches off from the Trans-Canada Highway south towards the Okanagan via Falkland and Westwold. Monte Lake, a recreational community on the shores of the lake of the same name, is a few miles south of the junction. History Monte Creek was originally known as "Ducks" after the English settler who first ranched there, Jacob Ducks, who also was its first postmaster. The original name of the post office was "Duck and Pringles." In 1888, the Monte Creek Ranch was purchased by publisher Hewitt Bostock, who took up residence there with his family in 1894. The name Monte has two possible origins. One is from the name of an early settler, Alphonse Matteo. The other comes from the steep climb out of the South Thompson River valley to th ... [...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 compared to all those that were built in t ... 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 is a road bridge that spans the South Thompson River in Kamloops, British Columbia. The bridge carries 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 continues for through the industrial park to intersect with Highway 5. The Red Bridge is of the Howe truss design, and is one of the only remaining functioning bridges of this type in British Columbia. 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 has not been repainted in many years, so the colour is barely visible, but a recent repainting along the edges of the bridge deck and the pedestrian handrails displays the namesake colour well. History The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , 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 Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, the railway owns 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 serves 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 1881 and 1885 (connecting with Ottawa Valley and Georgian Bay area lines built earlier), fulfilling a commitment extended to British Columbia when it entered Confederation in 1871; the CPR was Canada's first transcontinental railway. ... [...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 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder River (British Columbia)
Thunder River may refer to: * Thunder River (Peshtigo River tributary), a tributary in Wisconsin, US * Thunder River (Tapeats Creek tributary), a tributary in the Grand Canyon, Arizona * Thunder River Rapids Ride, an amusement ride at Dreamworld * Thunder River (ride), amusement rides at Six Flags Astroworld, Six Flags Over Georgia, and Six Flags St. Louis * Thunder River Trail, a hiking trail in Arizona, US {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue River, British Columbia
Blue River is a small community in British Columbia, situated on British Columbia Highway 5 about halfway between Kamloops and Jasper, Alberta, 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 bear, grizzly bear, and caribou. Birds include osprey, eagle, woodpecker and raven. The mountain pine beetle has become the area's most significant insect. Lodgepole pine is the most common tree at Blue River, although its population has been severely reduced by the mountain pine beetle. Other common native c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avola, British Columbia
Avola is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. The community is located along British Columbia Highway 5, approximately 190 kilometres north of Kamloops and 148 kilometres south of the highway's northern terminus at Tête Jaune Cache. The community was originally established as Stillwater Flats.G. P. V. Akrigg and Helen Akrigg, ''British Columbia Place Names: Third Edition''. University of British Columbia Press, 2011. . p. 11. However, due to the existence of another Stillwater post office in the province, the new name Avola was selected when the community received its own post office in 1913. In 2015, the Nature Conservancy of Canada acquired 7.4 acres of wetland and forest land in the community to form a protected habitat for salmon Salmon () is the common name for several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mad River (British Columbia)
Mad River may refer to: Places Canada *Mad River (British Columbia), a river of British Columbia * Mad River (Ontario), a river of Ontario United States *Mad River (California) *Mad River, California, a community in Trinity County, California *Mad River (Connecticut), a river in New Haven County, Connecticut * Mad River (Cold River), a tributary of the Cold River in Maine *Mad River (Massachusetts), a river of Massachusetts *Mad River (Cocheco River), a tributary of the Cocheco River in New Hampshire *Mad River (Pemigewasset River), a tributary of the Pemigewasset River in New Hampshire *Mad River (Ohio) *Mad River Road, an overland route in Ohio *Mad River (Vermont) *Mad River Glen, a ski area in Vermont *Mad River (Washington) Other uses *Mad River (band), a rock band based in San Francisco, California during the 1960s * ''Mad River'' (novel), a western novel by Donald Hamilton *Mad River Brewing Company, a brewing company in California See also * Erythropotamos The Erythr ... [...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 four hundred acre (162 hectare) 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 and Slocan-Canfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
