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Kamloops
is also the Tournament
Capital of Canada. It is ranked 37th on the list of the 100
largest metropolitan areas in Canada with 92,882 residents in
2006.
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Kamloops.ca is the site for
the City of Kamloops.
Kamloops
is situated at 50°43'N
120°25'W, in the Thompson Valley (UTC-8) and the Mountain
Cordillera Ecozone. The central core of the city is located in the
valley near the confluence of the North and South branches of the
Thompson River. Suburbs stretch for more than a dozen kilometers
along both North and South branches, as well as to the steep
hillsides along the south portion of the city.
Kamloops Indian Band areas begin
just to the northeast of the downtown core but are not located
within the city limits. As a result of this placement, it is
necessary to leave Kamloops' city limits and pass through the band
lands before re-entering the city limits to access the communities
of Raleigh and Heffley Creek. Kamloops is surrounded by the
smaller communities of Cherry Creek, Pritchard, Savona, Scotch
Creek, Adams Lake, Chase, and various others, many of which are
included in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD).
Major Kamloops-area industries include primary
resource processing such as Domtar Kamloops' Pulp Mill,
Tolko-Heffley Creek Plywood and Veneer, LaFarge Cement, Highland
Valley Copper Mine (in Logan Lake), and various other industries.
There are tertiary services as well, such as the British Columbia
Lottery Corporation and Pollard Banknote (which makes the lottery
tickets) and NRI distribution, among many others.
Kamloops is also a transportation
hub for the region due to its connections to Highways 5 and 97C,
the Trans-Canada and Yellowhead Highways. It is the first major
city east of Abbotsford on the highway. Kamloops is home to
Kamloops Airport, which is a small international airport: however,
there are constituent pressures to accommodate larger aircraft.
Due to a persistent disagreement
between the City's federal Liberal Party Mayor, Terry Lake, and
the area's Conservative Member of Parliament, Betty Hinton, there
is no federal funding available for the airport's expansion.
Update: the federal government has
agreed to fund their share of the airport expansion. There has
also been speculation of an inland rail port. |
