. Kamloops mining camp [microform]. Mines and mineral resources; Agriculture; Mining law; Mines et ressources minières; Agriculture; Mines. â !aB«*aiMa«i er of Lands and Works iiid was returned by ifts and tunnels have this summer on the called the Blue Bird, on which he has three r miners Kamloops branch (ably Grahame) they carry a equisites. :h is owned '^y Hewitt opened with a 16-foot s claim shows peacock exceedingly handsome cen out. This property ited during the coming NAVIQABLE WATER STRETCHES. "'^^'T^ ^ STATED in the introduction, Kamloops A% is situated at the junction of two
. Kamloops mining camp [microform]. Mines and mineral resources; Agriculture; Mining law; Mines et ressources minières; Agriculture; Mines. â !aB«*aiMa«i er of Lands and Works iiid was returned by ifts and tunnels have this summer on the called the Blue Bird, on which he has three r miners Kamloops branch (ably Grahame) they carry a equisites. :h is owned '^y Hewitt opened with a 16-foot s claim shows peacock exceedingly handsome cen out. This property ited during the coming NAVIQABLE WATER STRETCHES. "'^^'T^ ^ STATED in the introduction, Kamloops A% is situated at the junction of two im- / \ portant bodies of water, viz., the / \ North and South Thompson Rivers, which meeting form the main Thomp- son, flowing westward from here into Kamloops Lake, eight miles distant, the latter comprising a magnificent sheet of deep water, nearly twenty miles in length and about four in breadth. This lake again narrows into the Thompson at Savonas and continues a southwesterly course till it reaches Lytton, where it enters the Fraser, and thence to the Pacific Ocean. Both the North and South Thompson Rivers are navigable for large steamers throughout con- siderable lengths the north river as far as the Clearwater, a distance of about 100 miles, and the south river from Savonas to Sicamous, some 120 miles. Before and during the construction of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway the water stretch- es of the south branch were iMdi>pensabie for tr'uispor- tation. Dur- ing the latter period no less thai', three large steam- ers, compar- ing in sizf with some of t hose at pre- sent on the C o 1 u m b i a River, and two smaller ones, found steady work for nine months in the year, conveying passengers, freight and the various railway supplies from .Savonas to tlilferent points along the route to Sic- amous, Kagle Pass and Spullamacheen Landing. Though the completion of tlie C. P. R. has to a great degree done away with the demand for water transportation on the south river a
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