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Kamloops (kăm`l  ps), 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.How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The former Afton Mine, located 10 kilometres west of Kamloops, is owned by DRC Resources Corp. train robber as a courtly gent who still can handle a Colt Peacemaker while he also charms the sweet Canadians of Kamloops. The Kamloops rainbows are the gymnasts, jumping and running when hooked in an aerial display that would even impress a French judge. |
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