Thompson-Nicola
Thompson-Nicola is a region in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is a sparsely populated area that follows the Thompson River to its headwaters near Wells Gray Park in the north and includes the Nicola River valley to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kamloops and Lytton.
Kamloops
Kamloops is a city of 98,000 people in the central interior of British Columbia. It is billed as the Tournament Capital of Canada. It has hosted Strauss Canada Cup of Curling, Skate Canada, World Fly Fishing Championships, Tim Horton's Olympic Qualifying Bike Race, and World Junior Hockey Championships.
Lytton
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Lytton is a village of about 250 people in the Fraser Canyon in the Thompson-Nicola region of British Columbia. About 1,700 people live in the immediate area in rural areas and on reserves of the neighbouring six Nlaka'pamux communities.
Sun Peaks
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Sun Peaks is a municipality and ski resort near Kamloops in the Thompson-Nicola region of British Columbia. There is something to do year-round for just about anyone.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Merritt and Lillooet.
Merritt
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Merritt is a city of about 7,000 people in the Nicola River valley of the Thompson-Nicola region of British Columbia. There isn't much to see in town, other than a certain vintage Old West flavour, but as a location it makes a convenient place to stop for a rest or to get some food en route to Vancouver, Kamloops, Kelowna, or beyond.
Lillooet
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Lillooet is the main town in the Fraser Canyon and Bridge River Country region of British Columbia. It was the first native town in the British Columbia Interior, and was briefly the largest town of the Fraser River Gold Rush in 1858-1860.
Cache Creek
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Cache Creek is a very small town of less than 1,000 people in the Thompson-Nicola region of British Columbia. It is little more than a few gas stations and restaurants at the junction of Highway 1 and Highway 97 north to Prince George.
Bridge River Valley
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The Bridge River Valley is a sparsely populated area of lakes, valleys, abandoned towns and near-ghost towns in the mountainous region between Pemberton and Lillooet.
Logan Lake
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Logan Lake is a small town of about 2,300 people in located in the Highland Valley of the Thompson-Nicola region of British Columbia. It is home of Highland Valley Copper, the largest open-pit copper mine in Canada.
Boston Bar
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Boston Bar is an unincorporated village of about 190 people in the Fraser Canyon in the Thompson-Nicola region of British Columbia.
Thompson-Nicola
- Type: regional district in British Columbia with 133,000 residents
- Description: regional district of British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Thompson-Nicola Regional District” and “TNRD”
- Location: Thompson-Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Thompson-Nicola” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Distrikti rajonal Thompson-Nicola”
- Catalan: “Thompson-Nicola”
- Cebuano: “Thompson-Nicola Regional District”
- Chinese: “汤普森-尼古拉地区”
- Chinese: “湯普森-尼古拉區域”
- Chinese: “湯普森-尼古拉地區”
- Dutch: “Thompson-Nicola Regional District”
- French: “district régional de Thompson-Nicola”
- French: “District régional de Thompson-Nicola”
- German: “Thompson-Nicola Regional District”
- Italian: “Distretto regionale di Thompson-Nicola”
- Japanese: “トンプソン・ニコラ地域”
- Polish: “Thompson-Nicola”
- Portuguese: “Distrito Regional de Thompson-Nicola”
- Russian: “Томпсон-Никола”
- Spanish: “distrito regional de Thompson-Nicola”
- Spanish: “Distrito regional de Thompson-Nicola”
- Swedish: “Thompson-Nicola Regional District”
- Ukrainian: “Томпсон-Нікола”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع تھمپسن نیکولا”
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