Spring Returns to the Valley is a photograph by Kathy Bassett which was uploaded on April 23rd, 2013.
Spring Returns to the Valley
From a perch above the roaring river nervously looking for bears looking for food. Kamloops landscape is raw and wild and offers a wide variety of... more
Title
Spring Returns to the Valley
Artist
Kathy Bassett
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
From a perch above the roaring river nervously looking for bears looking for food. Kamloops landscape is raw and wild and offers a wide variety of scenes.
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.[6] 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 23rd, 2013
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Kathy Bassett
Thank you for the feature of Spring Returns to the Valley, Lawrence, in Beautiful British Columbia!
Kathy Bassett
Thank you for the feature of Spring Returns to the Valley , Nadine and Bob... in your group, All Natural Beauty of this world
Sandi Mikuse
Oh, as a Kamloopsian I SO appreciate this image, Kathy! Perfect!!!! I love the painterly effect! And the vibrant spring greens against the sage and brown hills. This is so Kamloops! I love it! :)v/f
Kathy Bassett
Thanks so much for featuring Spring Returns to the Valley in 3 A Day Greeting Cards For All Occasions!