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Kamloops
Kam·loops K0008600 (kăm′lo͞ops′) A city of southern British Columbia, Canada, northeast of Vancouver. It was founded as a trading post in 1812 and settled by gold seekers in the 1850s.Kam•loops (ˈkæm lups)
n. a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada. 61,773. Kamloops
Kamloops (kăm`lo͞ops), city (1991 pop. 67,057), S British Columbia, Canada, at the junction of the North Thompson and South Thompson rivers. A trading post was first established on the site in 1812. A village grew up at the time of the Cariboo gold rush (1860), and in 1885 the main line of the Canadian Pacific reached Kamloops. A transportation, finance, and administrative center, Kamloops supplies the surrounding mining, lumbering and farming districts. It is also the center of British Columbia's cattle industry and a growing tourist site. |