Thompson-Nicola Regional District

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Canada 2006 Census population was 122,286 and the area covers 45,279 square kilometres. The administrative offices are in the main population centre is the city of Kamloops, which accounts for 75 percent of the regional district's population. The only other city is Merritt; however, there are locally important communities such as the District Municipality of Logan Lake, and the Villages of Chase, Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Clinton and Lytton. The region is named indirectly for the Thompson River by way of the traditional regional names of "the Thompson Country" and "the Nicola Country"; the Nicola Country was named for Chief Nicola and was originally "Nicola's Country", where he held sway; he is also the namesake of that river. The area is governed by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District which operates over 115 services including the region's libraries, solid waste management and recycling, emergency and development services, plus a film commission.

Electoral Areas

• Electoral Area "A" (Wells Gray Country)
• Electoral Area "B" (Thompson Headwaters)
• Electoral Area "E" (Bonaparte Plateau)
• Electoral Area "I" (Blue Sky Country)
• Electoral Area "J" (Copper Desert Country)
• Electoral Area "L"
• Electoral Area "M"
• Electoral Area "N"
• Electoral Area "O"
• Electoral Area "P" (Rivers and the Peaks)

Communities

• Ashcroft
• Blue River
• Barriere
• Brookmere
• Cache Creek
• Chase
• Clearwater
• Clinton
• Kamloops
• Little Fort
• Logan Lake
• Lytton
• Merritt
• Paul Lake
• Pinantan Lake
• Pritchard
• Savona
• Sun Peaks

References

• Community Profile: Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia; Statistics Canada
• Community Profile 2006: Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia; Statistics Canada

External links

• Official site
• TNRD Library System
• Thompson-Nicola Film Commission