Coldwater is an
Indian reserve community on the
Coldwater River in the
Nicola Country region of the
British Columbia Interior
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in the
Canadian province
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of
British Columbia, located six miles southwest of the City of
Merritt.
BC Names "Coldwater 1 (Indian reserve)"
/ref> It is the main reserve of the Coldwater First Nation, the government of the local group of Nlaka'pamux people and was the site of the Coldwater Mission, one of the first Catholic missions in the Interior of the province. It was at Coldwater that the Duployan shorthand used in the '' Kamloops Wawa'' periodical published by the Kamloops diocese
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 ...
was first learned and taught.
See also
* List of Indian reserves in British Columbia
* List of communities in British Columbia
References
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External links
Map and photos from the Coldwater First Nation homepage
Nicola Country
Nlaka'pamux
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia