Meeting of the waters
Kamloops, B.C.
The name Kamloops comes from a word of the Secwépemc people, meaning "meeting of the waters". Here is the confluence point of the North and South Thompson Rivers. The South river seldom freezes over and thus is the home of the many water fowl which winter here.
The North Thompson, coming in from the left of this picture usually does freeze over, though not to the extent that it once did. As a child I recall my family going 50 km upriver to McClure to experience driving across the "ice bridge" there. Most of the year a small two car reaction ferry operates at McClure but in the winter, once the ice was really set, cars could drive across. I don't think that happens anymore. Even if it did, you wouldn't catch me doing it. :-)
Meeting of the waters
Kamloops, B.C.
The name Kamloops comes from a word of the Secwépemc people, meaning "meeting of the waters". Here is the confluence point of the North and South Thompson Rivers. The South river seldom freezes over and thus is the home of the many water fowl which winter here.
The North Thompson, coming in from the left of this picture usually does freeze over, though not to the extent that it once did. As a child I recall my family going 50 km upriver to McClure to experience driving across the "ice bridge" there. Most of the year a small two car reaction ferry operates at McClure but in the winter, once the ice was really set, cars could drive across. I don't think that happens anymore. Even if it did, you wouldn't catch me doing it. :-)