Kamloops History

iN VIDEO: Footage from 1932 captures scenes of Kamloops Lake, Revelstoke
The B.C. landscape has changed a lot over the past hundred years, and now you…

So what exactly is an Overlander and why is the name attached to so many Kamloops landmarks?
If you're new to Kamloops, you may have been struck by how many things are…

Hey Kamloops, check out this winter throwback from more than 120 years ago
The Kamloops Museum and Archives recently shared a photo to their Facebook page showing the…

YEAR IN REVIEW: ‘Glamazon’ flowers, WWII naval bunkers and a radio telescope among the cool places we visited this year
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – You may see them everyday, or have never heard of them before, but…

Archival footage gives a snap shot of 1930s working life in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The Royal B.C. Museum has released a piece of footage showing a slice…

Historic Kamloops train robbery to be celebrated at local winery
BILLY MINER LOOK-A-LIKE CONTEST TO HIGHLIGHT ANNIVERSARY EVENT KAMLOOPS – The anniversary of a train…

Mapping war memorials throughout the Southern Interior
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – There are thousands of war monuments and memorials across the country and the…

Chinese cemetery remains a cornerstone of Kamloops history
KAMLOOPS – When Chinese Consul-General Liu Fei encouraged Kamloops’s Chinese community to explore and preserve…

VIDEO: What Kamloops looked like in the 1950s
KAMLOOPS - Sixty years ago, Kamloops was a budding community that looked far different from what it is today and lucky for us someone was smart enough to use video to preserve historical images for future generations. This short 16 millimetre film shows what the view from the South Shore looked like in 1954. In...

Corduroy, double knits and extreme weather: What Christmas was like 50 years ago
KAMLOOPS – Fifty years ago in Kamloops the gifts, clothes and news were different, but the holiday spirit was just as strong as today’s. In a look back at the Kamloops Daily Sentinel from December, 1964 the hot ticket items to gift for kids were dolls for girls and trucks or model kits for boys....