When was kamloops founded

While the gold rush did not pan out, provincial incentives for land ownership brought others and turned former gold rushers into homesteaders, kick-starting ranching in the region. With the promise of a railway, British Columbia joined Canada in At the turn of the century, Kamloops grew exponentially, bringing people, businesses, the expansion of the Courthouse, and establishment of Royal Inland Hospital. Growth in agricultural brought the beginnings of orchards and the expansion of agricultural production, especially tomato canneries.

The post-war economic boom ushered heavy industry into Kamloops with the establishment of an oil refinery, a natural gas pipeline, and, by the s, a pulp and paper mill. Following the amalgamation of Kamloops and the Town of North Kamloops in , the s saw an expanded city that included a number of adjacent communities, including Dallas, Valleyview, Brocklehurst, Westsyde, Heffley Creek, Rayleigh, Knutsford, and Dufferin.

The decade also saw the opening of the first higher education institution, which grew to become Thompson Rivers University, and the completion of the Yellowhead Highway in and the Trans Canada Highway in The children were not allowed to speak their native language nor practise their own spirituality. Many children ran away and some disappeared and died. The Kamloops Indian Residential School originated as the Kamloops Industrial School, a training facility to acculturate native children built in The government hired Michel Hagan to be the first principal and he reportedly did a good job.

Sister Superior Mary Joachim of St. However, as a layman, Hagan got embroiled in controversy with the Catholic Church and resigned in The government turned the operation over to the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in However, as the number of students increased, conditions deteriorated and abuse occurred. In , the principal said the government did not provide enough funding to properly feed the students.

The dilapidated wood-frame school was partly destroyed by fire in while a new main building was under construction, the structure that still stands today. Additions were made over the years. Sports Events. Annual Sports Events. Sports Facilities. Hosting Tournaments. Things To Do. Welcome to our four-seasons playground. Did You Know… Kamloops has the highest number of golf courses per capita in Canada The Kamloops Bike Ranch is the largest municipal bike park in Canada Kenna Cartwright Nature Park is the largest municipal park in British Columbia The Kamloops Longboard Park has over metres of track There are 82 parks in Kamloops , covering 1, hectares There are freshwater lakes within 1 hour 4 wineries have been established in the Thompson Valley since Kamloops has 5 very different breweries Learn Kamloops' history on a self-guided walking tour in downtown Kamloops.

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