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{{otheruses1|the city in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]] |Kamloops (disambiguation)}}
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'''Kamloops''' is a city in south central [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], at the confluence of the two branches of the [[Thompson River]] and near [[Kamloops Lake]]. It is the seat of the [[Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia|Thompson-Nicola Regional District]]. It is ranked [[List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada|37th]] on the list of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada with 92,882 residents in 2006.
== Geography and location ==
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 Rayleigh and Heffley Creek. Kamloops is surrounded by the smaller communities of Cherry Creek, Pritchard, Savona, Scotch Creek, Adams Lake, Chase, Paul lake, Pinantan and various others, many of which are included in the [[Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia|Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD)]].
== History ==
[[Image:Kamloops1886.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Kamloops and the Thompson River, 1886]]
The Kamloops area was exclusively inhabited by the [[Secwepemc]] (Shuswap) nation (part of the [[Interior Salish]] language group) prior to the arrival of European settlers. The first European explorers arrived in 1811, and David Stewart set up Fort Kamloops, a [[fur trade|fur trading]] post, on the south side of the river junction for the [[Pacific Fur Company]] in 1812. The [[North West Company]] quickly established Fort Thompson on the northeast side of the junction, and the following year the Pacific Fur Company left the area. In 1821, the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] merged with the North West Company and took control of the fur trade at Fort Thompson. In 1842, a new Fort Kamloops was built on the northwest side of the junction.
The gold rush of the 1860s and the construction of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] in the 1880s brought further growth, resulting in the City of Kamloops being incorporated in 1893 with a population of about 500.
"Kamloops" is the anglicised version of the [[Shuswap language|Shuswap]] word "Tk'emlups"<!--needs IPA; 'e' should be a schwa /E/ in ASCII IPA-->, meaning 'meeting of the waters'. Shuswap is still actively spoken in the area by members of the [[Kamloops Indian Band]]. Another possible origin of the name comes from the French "Camp des loups" meaning 'Camp of Wolves', likely spoken by fur traders.
More recently, the city's name was adopted for a crater on the surface of Mars.
==Industry==
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, British Columbia|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 [[British Columbia Highway 5|Highways 5]] and [[British Columbia Highway 97C|97C]], the [[Trans-Canada Highway|Trans-Canada]] and [[Yellowhead Highway]]s. 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.[http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=15&cat=23&id=815131&more=1] Update: the federal government has agreed to fund their share of the airport expansion. There has also been speculation of an inland rail port.
==Climate==
[[Image:FraserRiverBritishColumbia Location.png|thumb|250px|left|Locator map for Kamloops, BC]]
The climate of Kamloops is a [[semi-arid]] steppe climate ([[Koppen climate classification]] ''BSk'') due to its [[rainshadow]] location. While situated in a semi-arid valley, Kamloops has winters that are generally mild and very short with an occasional cold snap where temperatures can drop to around -30 °C (-22 °F) when arctic air floods over the [[Rocky Mountains]] into the interior. However Kamloops has not seen -30 since the mid 1990s{{Fact|date=May 2008}}. Snow can occur from November to March, but most of it falls over a few weeks in December and January. Winter mean temperature is ~6.1 °C (20 °F) in January. The average number of cold days below -20 in one year is 6 as recorded by the government of B.C.
Perhaps surprisingly, considering that Kamloops is located at 50° latitude north, summers are quite hot with prevailing dry, and sunny weather. The average July maximum temperature is 28.3 °C (83 °F) and would be higher if not for occasional incursions of cool northerly airmasses. In most years, one might confuse this city with any in southern [[California]], as summer temperatures come close to or even exceed 40 °C (104 °F). [[Humidity]] is generally very low and night time temperatures are moderate.
Spring arrives very early, sometimes in February, due to mild air spilling over the coastal mountains from the Pacific Ocean. On February 27th 2008 Kamloops recorded 15.1 °C (60°F). Fall is generally a pleasant and a mostly dry season. On November 15th 2007 Kamloops recorded a day time high of 18.1 °C (65°F).
Kamloops lies in the "rain shadow" leeward of the [[Coast Mountains]] and is biogeographically connected to similar semi-desert and desert areas in the [[Okanagan]] region, the [[Osoyoos]] area, and the central parts of [[Washington]] and [[Oregon]] state as well as intermontane areas of [[Nevada]] and [[Idaho]] in the U.S. These areas of relatively similar climate have many distinctive native plants and animals in common, such as [[Ponderosa pine]] (''Pinus ponderosa''), big sagebrush (''[[Artemisia tridentata]]''), [[prickly pear]] cactus (''Opuntia fragilis'' in this case), [[rattlesnakes]] (''Crotalus viridis''), [[Black widow spiders]] and [[Lewis's Woodpecker]].
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!<br/>!!<br/>!!Jan!!Feb!!Mar!!Apr!!May!!Jun!!Jul!!Aug!!Sep!!Oct!!Nov!!Dec!!Year
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!align=left|Extreme Daily Maximum
|align=center|°C
| 15.9||15.0||22.8||33.0||37.2||38.9||40.6||39.6||34.6||31.3||22.8||16.1
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!align=left|Average Daily Maximum
|align=center|°C
| -0.8||3.6||10.5||16.5||21.3||24.8||28.3||27.8||22.0||13.7||5.2||0.1||14.4
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!align=left|Average Daily Minimum
|align=center|°C
| -7.6||-4.4||-0.9||2.9||7.5||11.3||13.7||13.2||8.5||3.2||-1.7||-6.1||3.3
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!align=left|Extreme Daily Minimum
|align=center|°C
| -37.2||-28.3||-26.1||-8.8||-5.6||1.1||3.3||0.6||-3.9||-17.1||-28.3||-36.1
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!align=left|Average Precipitation
|align=center| mm
| 22.9||14.4||11.7||14.6||24.4||35.2||29.5||29.1||28.0||16.2||24.1||28.9||270.0
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!align=left|Average Total Snow
|align=center| cm
| 21.8||11.3||3.5||0.3||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.3||12.2||26.1||75.5
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!align=left|Average Sunshine
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| 58.3||91.3||156.8||201.5||250.6||255.0||310.0||286.6||212.0||140.0||65.2||47.4||2074.6
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|colspan=14 align=center bgcolor=#f0f0f0 style="font-size:75%"| Data<ref>[http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?Province=ALL&StationName=kamloops&SearchType=BeginsWith&LocateBy=Province&Proximity=25&ProximityFrom=City&StationNumber=&IDType=MSC&CityName=&ParkName=&LatitudeDegrees=&LatitudeMinutes=&LongitudeDegrees=&LongitudeMinutes=&NormalsClass=A&SelNormals=&StnId=1275& Kamloops Weather Summary] - from Canada Weather Office</ref> is for Kamloops Airport (YKA), in the city of Kamloops, 12 km from city centre.
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!<br/>!!Hottest Summer!!Most Days above 30°C||Driest!!Warmest Spring!!Fewest Fog Days!!Most Sunny Days in Warm Months!!Most Growing Degree Days!!Most Days Without Precipitation
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!align=left|Rank Among 100 Largest Canadian Cities
| '''1st'''||'''1st'''||'''2nd'''<br>(Next to Whitehorse)||'''2nd''' <br>(Next to Chilliwack)||'''2nd''' <br>(Next to Penticton)||'''2nd''' <br>(Next to Portage la Prairie)||'''3rd''' <br>(Next to Windsor and St. Catharines-Niagara)||'''3rd''' <br>(Next to Medicine Hat and Lethbridge)
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!align=left|Value
| 26.94°C (80.5°F)||29.28 ||278.98mm (10.98 in)||9.65°C (49.37°F)||7.28||148.93||2308.61||258.12
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|colspan=14 align=center bgcolor=#f0f0f0 style="font-size:75%"| Data<ref>[http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/weather/winners/intro-e.html Canadian Weather Winners] - from Environment Canada's Weather Winners</ref> is for Kamloops Airport (YKA), in the city of Kamloops, 12 km from city centre.
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Current weather conditions and forecasts can be found at Environment Canada's Weatheroffice website<ref>[http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-45_metric_e.html Current weather] - Environment Canada's Weatheroffice</ref>.
==Sports==
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Kamloops hosted the 1993 [[Canada Summer Games]]. It co-hosted (with [[Vancouver]] and [[Kelowna]]) the 2006 [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|IIHF World U-20 Hockey Championship]] from [[December 26]], [[2005]], to [[January 5]], [[2006]]. It hosted the 2006 [[BC Summer Games]]. The city is known as, and holds a Canadian trademark as, the Tournament Capital of Canada<ref>[http://www.kamloops.ca/index.shtml Kamloops Municipal Home Page<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>.
[[Sun Peaks Resort]] is a nearby ski and snowboard hill. Olympic medalist skier [[Nancy Greene]] is director of skiing at Sun Peaks and the chancellor of [[Thompson Rivers University]]. The Overlander Ski Club runs the Stake Lake cross country ski area with 50 km of trails. Kamloops is home to world-famous [[mountain biking|mountain bikers]] such as [[Wade Simmons]] and Matt Hunter<ref>[http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCWhatsNewDetail.jsp?article=5032&refp=TeamFreeride Specialized.com]</ref>. In 2007, the [[Kamloops Bike Ranch]] opened in [[Juniper Ridge]] along Highland Drive. The Kamloops Rotary Skatepark located at McArthur Island is one of the largest skateboard parks in Canada.{{Fact|date=August 2007}} Kamloops will host the 2011 [[Western Canada summer Games]].
Kamloops is home to the [[Western Hockey League]]'s [[Kamloops Blazers]], who play at the [[Interior Savings Centre]], the [[Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League]]'s Kamloops Junior B Rattlers, as well as the [[Kamloops Storm]]. Also calling Kamloops home is the [[Canadian Junior Football League]]'s [[Kamloops Broncos]], and [[Pacific Coast Soccer League]]'s [[Kamloops Excel]], both of whom play at [[Hillside Stadium]].
Alumnus of the Kamloops Blazers include:[[Mark Recchi]], [[Jarome Iginla]], [[Darryl Sydor]], [[Nolan Baumgartner]] and [[Shane Doan]], [[Scott Neidermayer]].
Kamloops is also the hometown of world champion curler Jason Manchester.
==Demographics==
(according to [[Statistics Canada]] 2001 census<ref name="statcan2001">[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5933042&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=kamloops&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Kamloops Community Profile] - Statistics Canada. 2002. 2001 Community Profiles. Released June 27, 2002. Last modified: 2005-11-30. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 93F0053XIE.</ref>)<br/>
Population: 86,491.<br/>
Growth Rate (1996-2001): 1.2%<br/>
Total Private Dwellings: 36,807<br/>
Area: 297.57 km²<br/>
Density: 290.7 people per km²
===Visible minority status===
Total visible minority population (excluding Aboriginal peoples): 4,675
*South Asian: 1,790 or 1.9%
*Chinese: 1,000 or 1.1%
*Japanese: 690 or 0.74%
*Black: 340 or 0.4%
*Filipino: 305 or 0.3%
*Southeast Asian: 150 or 0.16%
*Korean: 150 or 0.16%
*Latin America: 130 or 0.13%
*Arab: 35 or 0.03%
*West Asian: 30 or 0.03%
*Non-classified visible minorities: 10 or 0.01%
*Multiple visible minorities: 45 or 0.04%<ref name="statcan2001"/>
===Religious groups===
*35.0% [[Protestant]]
*19.2% [[Roman Catholic]]
*6.0% other [[Christian]]
*1.7% [[Sikh]]
*36.6% Other religion or no religion<ref name="statcan2001"/>
==Media==
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== Education ==
=== Public schools ===
Public schools in the Kamloops area are part of [[School District 73 Kamloops/Thompson]]<ref>[http://www.sd73.bc.ca/ School District 73]</ref>.
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*Elementary Schools (Grades K-6 or K-7)
**Aberdeen Elementary School
**AE Perry Elementary School
**Arthur Hatton Elementary School
**Arthur Stevenson Elementary School
**Beattie School of the Arts
**Bert Edwards Science and Technology School
**Dallas Elementary School
**David Thompson Elementary School
**Dufferin Elementary School
**George Hilliard Elementary School
**Heffley Creek Elementary School
**John Tod Elementary School
**Juniper Ridge Elementary School
**Kamloops/Thompson Virtual School
**Kay Bingham Elementary School
**Lloyd George Elementary School
**Marion Shilling Elementary School
**McGowan Park Elementary School
**McQueen Lake Elementary School
**Pacific Way Elementary School
**Parkcrest Elementary School
**Pinantan Elementary School
**Ralph Bell Elementary School
**Rayleigh Elementary School
**R.L Clemitson Elementary School
**South Sa-hali Elementary School
**Stuart Wood Elementary School
**Summit Elementary School
**Westmount Elementary School
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* Secondary (Grades 10-12 or 8-12):
**[[Brocklehurst Secondary School]]
**Kamloops/Thompson Virtual School
**NorKam Secondary School
**Sa-hali Secondary School
**[[South Kamloops Secondary School]]
**Twin Rivers Education Centre
**Valleyview Secondary School
**[[Westsyde Secondary School]]
**Beattie School of the Arts (Pineridge Campus)
**@KOOL Kamloops Open On-Line Learning
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===Post-Secondary===
Kamloops is home to [[Thompson Rivers University]]<ref>[http://www.tru.ca/ Thompson Rivers University]</ref>, an undergraduate degree-granting university with satellite campuses in [[Clearwater, British Columbia|Clearwater]], [[Barriere, British Columbia|Barriere]], [[Chase, British Columbia|Chase]], [[Williams Lake, British Columbia|Williams Lake]], [[100 Mile House, British Columbia|100 Mile House]], [[Cache Creek, British Columbia|Cache Creek]], [[Ashcroft, British Columbia|Ashcroft]], and [[Lillooet, British Columbia|Lillooet]]. TRU also has an open-distance learning division. Kamloops is also home to a satellite campus of [[Simon Fraser University]]. TRU has begun to offer MBA, M.Ed, and M.Sc. programs as well as undergraduate degrees.
==Neighbourhoods==
Officially recognized [[neighbourhood]]s within the city of Kamloops<ref>[http://www.kamloops.ca/maps/index.shtml Maps By Neighbourhood]</ref>. Unofficially recognized areas are listed beneath the neighbourhoods to which they belong:
*[[Aberdeen (Kamloops)|Aberdeen]]
*[[Barnhartvale, British Columbia|Barnhartvale]]
*[[Batchelor Heights (Kamloops)|Batchelor Heights]]
*[[Brocklehurst, British Columbia|Brocklehurst]]
*[[Campbell Creek (Kamloops)|Campbell Creek]]
*[[Dallas (Kamloops)|Dallas]]
*[[Heffley Creek, British Columbia|Heffley Creek]]
*[[Juniper Ridge, British Columbia|Juniper Ridge]]
*[[Knutsford (Kamloops)|Knutsford]]
*[[Lac Le Jeune (Kamloops)|Lac Le Jeune]]
*[[Sahali, British Columbia|Lower Sahali]]
**[[Peterson Creek]]
*[[MacArthur Island (Kamloops)|MacArthur Island]]
*[[Mission Flats (Kamloops)|Mission Flats]]
*[[Mount Dufferin (Kamloops)|Mount Dufferin]]
**[[Versatile]]
*[[Noble Creek (Kamloops)|Noble Creek]]
*[[North Shore (Kamloops)|North Shore]]
*[[Rayleigh, British Columbia|Rayleigh]]
*[[Rose Hill (Kamloops)|Rose Hill]]
*[[Southgate (Kamloops)|Southgate]]
*[[Thompson Rivers University (Kamloops)|Thompson Rivers University]]
*[[Tranquille (Kamloops)|Tranquille]]
*[[Sahali, British Columbia|Upper Sahali]]
*[[Valleyview (Kamloops)|Valleyview]]
*[[West End (Kamloops)|West End]]
*[[Westsyde, British Columbia|Westsyde]]
**[[Westmount (Kamloops)|Westmount]]
==Notable people==
Below is a list of people who are from Kamloops, or who lived there for an extended period.
* [[Michael Shanks]], actor, [[Stargate SG-1]], born in [[Vancouver, BC]], but grew up in Kamloops <ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788218/bio Internet Movie Database<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Leonard Marchand]], [[P.C.]], [[C.M.]], the first person of [[First Nations]] ethnicity to serve in the [[Cabinet of Canada|federal cabinet]] and the first [[Status Indian]] to serve as a [[Member of Parliament]] <i>See External Links below for references</i>
* [[Mark Recchi]], professional hockey player<ref>[http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8450725 NHL.com, Players Profile<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Jarome Iginla]], Calgary Flames team captain [[NHL]]<ref>[http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8462042 NHL.com, Players Profile<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Maher Arar]], falsely accused as a terrorist and was detained in Syria<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/arar/ CBC News In Depth: Maher Arar<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> (Arar lived in Kamloops for only about a year.)
* [[Lesra Martin]], lawyer who helped with Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter's prison release <ref>[http://www.holnesslawgroup.com/lawyers/ Holness Law Group<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Ajaib Singh Bagri]], suspect acquitted in the [[Air India Flight 182]] terrorist bombing <ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/airindia/key_characters.html CBC News In Depth: Air India - Bombing of Air India Flight 182<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[Mitch Berger]], [[National Football League|NFL]] player<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/players/mitchberger/profile?id=BER067954]</ref>
* [[Peter Wing]], North America's first mayor of Chinese descent<ref>{{cite news| title =Former Kamloops mayor dies at 93| page =| publisher =''[[Times-Colonist (Victoria)|Times Colonist]]''| date =2007-12-31| url =http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=fa547031-9ba6-4328-b374-12c47cee758d| accessdate =2008-04-16 }}</ref>
*[[Chris Masuak]], Australian punk rock musician , lived in Kamloops 1968 to 1970
==Politics==
* Mayor – [[Terry Lake]]
* Members of the Legislative Assembly:
** [[Claude Richmond]], Kamloops
** [[Kevin Krueger]], Kamloops/North Thompson
Federal Members of Parliament:
*[[Betty Hinton]] (2000–present) [[Conservative Party of Canada]]
*[[Nelson Riis]] (1980–2000) [[New Democratic Party|NDP]]
*[[Donald Niel Cameron|Don Cameron]] (1979–1980) [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|PC]]
*[[Len Marchand]] (1968–1979) [[Liberal Party of Canada]]
==See also==
* [[List of place names in Canada of Aboriginal origin]]
==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.elections.ca/eca/eim/article_search/article.asp?id=97&lang=e&frmPageSize=&textonly=false Leonard Marchand: The first Status Indian elected to Canada's Parliament]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=356&s=M Federal Political Biography from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Kamloops Kamloops in Wikitravel]
* [http://www.city.kamloops.bc.ca/ City website]
* [http://www.venturekamloops.com/ City business development]
* [http://www.adventurekamloops.com/ Tourism and things to do in Kamloops]
* [http://www.kamrail.com/ Kamloops Heritage Railway]
* [http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/ Kamloops Daily News website]
* [http://www.kamloopsplayers.theatrebc.org/ Kamloops Players - Community Theatre Club]
* [http://www.tru.ca/distance/ Open Learning @ Thompson Rivers University]
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