Interior Spring
by Kathy Bassett
Title
Interior Spring
Artist
Kathy Bassett
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Kamloops British Columbia, Canada landscape is raw and wild and offers a wide variety of scenes. During the early spring when the water is rising, you can expect to come across large puddles and portions of the trails slightly flooded. Be prepared to cross some soggy sections during these times. About 1.2 km in you'll come across a fenced area with a covered picnic area. This area is maintained by the Kamloops School District and each year groups of children come here to release salmon fry into the river. If you continue another km down the path, you'll come to the dam that is used to control the flow of water in the river. This is a frequently used trail by locals of all ages. It is a common trail for dog walkers too. This is a popular river for gold panners too. If you have a bucket and a shovel, you might want to give it a try! Expect to see lots of birds, varied landscapes and if you're lucky (or unlucky) some gopher snakes too! These are harmless, non-venomous snakes, yet often get up to 5ft in length. As they do look similar to rattle snakes and can imitate the rattling sound, it's best to just give any snakes you see lots of space just to be safe!
The Kamloops area was not exclusively inhabited by the Secwepemc (Shuswap) nation (part of the Interior Salish language group) prior to the arrival of European settlers. The Cree-Saulteaux band led by Chief Yawassannay had migrated to this region in the early 15th century. The Yawassanay band's Kamloops settlement was the largest of their three tribal areas. The first European explorers arrived in 1811, in the person of David Stuart, sent out from Fort Astoria, then still a Pacific Fur Company post, and who spent a winter there with the Secwepemc people, with Alexander Ross establishing a post there in May 1812 - "Fort Cumcloups".
The rival North West Company established another post - Fort Shuswap - nearby in the same year. The two operations were merged in 1813 when the North West Company officials in the region bought out the operations of the Pacific Fur Company. After the North West Company's forced merger with the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821, the post became known commonly as Thompson's River Post, or Fort Thompson, which over time became known as Fort Kamloops.The post's journals, kept by its Chief Traders, document a series of inter-Indian wars and personalities for the period and also give much insight to the goings-on of the fur companies and their personnel throughout the entire Pacific slope
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April 12th, 2016
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