Thompson River

Thompson River is in the southern interior of British Columbia. It flows west from Kamloops, and south and west into the Fraser River at Lytton. The Thompson was named in 1908 by Simon Fraser, after prolific geographer and explorer David Thompson.1

The Thompson merges with the North Thompson and South Thompson at Kamloops. In this despatch, Douglas describes the North River as a North Branch of the Thompson.

1. Thompson River, BC Geographical Names Information System.

Mentions of this place in the documents

Spintlum, Chief
Travaillot, Oswald Justice
Bonaparte River
Couteau River
Cook, Mortimer
Thlik-um-chee-na
Cook's Ferry
Kamloops
Tod, Sophia
Great Falls
Williams, Robert
Shuswap River
Thompson Region
Hicks, Richard
Armitage, William
Lytton
Nicholas River
Kamloops Lake
Cascade Mountains
Ogden, Peter Skeene
Conway, Edmund
Rocher de la Biche
McLean, Donald
Tod, John
Mayne, Richard Charles
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 15 July 1857, CO 305:8, no. 8657, 108.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 29 December 1857, CO 305:8, no. 2084, 271.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 22 January 1858, CO 305:9, no. 2459, 1.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 5 March 1858, CO 60:1, no. 4567, 2.
Shepherd,John to Stanley, Lord Edward Henry 11 March 1858, CO 305:9, no. 2396, 460.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 6 April 1858, CO 305:9, no. 5180, 61.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 6 April 1858, CO 305:9, no. 5179, 57.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Stanley, Lord Edward Henry 10 June 1858, CO 60:1, no. 7828, 29.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Stanley, Lord Edward Henry 15 June 1858, CO 60:1, no. 7830, 54.
Shepherd,John to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 24 June 1858, CO 6:26, no. 6090, 436.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Merivale, Herman 26 June 1858, CO 6:25, no. 6158, 3.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Stanley, Lord Edward Henry 1 July 1858, CO 60:1, no. 7833, 75.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Stanley, Lord Edward Henry 26 July 1858, CO 305:9, no. 9253, 125.
Chesson, Frederick William to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 10 August 1858, CO 6:26, no. 8016, 295.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 12 August 1858, CO 6:26, no. 8056, 463.
Romaine, William Govett to Merivale, Herman 16 August 1858, CO 6:25, no. 8219, 10.
Miles, John to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 18 August 1858, CO 6:28, no. 9205, 320.
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 16 September 1858, LAC RG7:G8C/6, 183.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 12 October 1858, CO 60:1, no. 12721, 213.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 9 November 1858, CO 60:1, no. 549, 400.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 30 November 1858, CO 60:1, no. 1056, 471.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 24 December 1858, CO 60:1, no. 1527, 520.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 27 December 1858, CO 60:1, no. 2135, 534.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 21 January 1859, CO 60:4, no. 2740, 79.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 8 May 1859, CO 60:4, no. 6506, 349.
Barr, Robert to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 26 July 1859, CO 60:6, no. 7550, 353.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 16 August 1859, CO 60:5, no. 10043, 16.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 23 August 1859, CO 60:5, no. 10049, 71.
Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton to Merivale, Herman 29 August 1859, CO 60:5, no. 8634, 530.
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 20 October 1859, LAC RG7:G8C/8, 286.
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 28 October 1859, LAC RG7:G8C/8, 303.
Shaw, Norton to Merivale, Herman 31 October 1859, CO 60:6, no. 10805, 69.
Cadell, Philip to Temple, Third Viscount Palmerston Henry John 2 May 1860, CO 60:9, no. 6708, 297.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 9 October 1860, CO 60:8, no. 11678, 196.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 25 October 1860, CO 60:8, no. 85, 232.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 28 November 1860, CO 60:8, no. 915, 343.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 4 June 1861, CO 60:10, no. 6744, 264.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 16 July 1861, CO 60:10, no. 8719, 301.
Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 29 July 1861, CO 60:12, no. 6848, 72.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 15 April 1862, CO 60:13, no. 5571, 149.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 16 July 1862, CO 60:13, no. 8653, 277.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 27 October 1862, CO 60:13, no. 12259, 426.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 14 September 1863, CO 60:16, no. 10454, 152.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 9 January 1864, CO 60:18, no. 2553, 2.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 29 February 1864, CO 60:18, no. 4048, 47.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 19 May 1864, CO 60:18, no. 6958, 250.
Cardwell, Edward to Seymour, Governor Frederick 7 June 1864, NAC RG7:G8C/11, 151.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 31 August 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10594, 95.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 7 October 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10958, 317.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 25 November 1864, CO 60:19, no. 1376, 404.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 2 December 1864, CO 60:19, no. 1382, 467.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 8 May 1865, CO 60:21, no. 6402, 433.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 13 May 1865, CO 60:21, no. 6408, 472.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 17 February 1866, CO 60:26, no. 1914, 331.
Birch, Arthur Nonus to Carnarvon, Earl 27 September 1866, CO 60:25, no. 10626, 71.
Birch, Arthur Nonus to Carnarvon, Earl 31 October 1866, CO 60:25, no. 1978, 224.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Grenville, Richard 30 November 1867, CO 60:29, no. 1210, 482.
Musgrave, Sir Anthony to Leveson-Gower, Granville George 30 October 1869, CO 60:36, no. 13573, 429.
Morley, S. to Monsell, William 17 June 1870, CO 60:42, no. 6632, 359.
Musgrave, Sir Anthony to Wodehouse, First Earl of Kimberley John 25 August 1870, CO 60:41, no. 10648, 19.
Bridges, Sawlett, Haywood and Company to Herbert, Sir Robert George Wyndham 29 June 1871, CO 60:44, no. 6468, 323.

People in this document

Douglas, James

Fraser, Simon

Thompson, David

Places in this document

Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

Thompson River