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Kamloops Trade and Transport in Early Colony Era
The passage chronicles Kamloops trading activity and transport links in the 1880s. It notes dull times, flour shipments from Tranquille to Savona's Ferry and Cariboo, and the steamer Lady Dufferin’s regular trips to Spallumcheen. It covers shipbuilding by Mara & Co, figures like Captain Ins ley and August Manenteau, the decline of the Peerless, Mara & Co vessel usage, a 1880 appointment of J. F. McCreight as inland judge, Major Rogers' 1881 pass search for a CPR route, the Yellowhead Pass abandonment, and the shift to the South Thompson route. It also mentions Kamloops as a proposed capital and the expansion of mail service in spring 1881 from Cache Creek to Okanagan Mission via Kamloops and Spallumcheen, moving to a weekly schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kamloops
The
Standard
Victoria
Lady Dufferin
Spallumcheen
Tranquille Mill
Savona’s Ferry
Cariboo
Peerless, Mara & Co
Insley
August Manenteau
Savona
Shuswap Lakes
J. F. McCreight
Major Rogers
Eagle River
Selkirk Range
Yellow Head Pass
South Thompson
North Branch
Cache Creek
Okanagan Mission
Kelowna