Spences Bridge, British Columbia

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Spences Bridge, British Columbia is a small rural community in the Thompson-Nicola region known for its historic role as a railway and ranching settlement and its location at the confluence of the Thompson and Nicola Rivers.

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Spences Bridge, British Columbia canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rural community ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
areaCode 236 ⓘ
250 ⓘ
672 ⓘ
778 ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 35 kilometres northeast of Lytton ⓘ
approximately 50 kilometres south of Cache Creek ⓘ
economicCharacteristic resource-based economy ⓘ
hasHeritageStructure historic steel truss bridge over the Thompson River ⓘ
hasTransportationFunction highway service point ⓘ
railway stop ⓘ
historicalRole railway settlement ⓘ
ranching centre ⓘ
service centre for surrounding ranches and farms ⓘ
knownFor fishing on the Thompson River ⓘ
historic railway heritage ⓘ
ranching history ⓘ
scenic river canyons ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf Nicola River ⓘ
Thompson River ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Thompson Country ⓘ
Thompson-Nicola Regional District ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Thompson-Nicola Regional District ⓘ
locatedInValley Thompson River ⓘ
surface form: Thompson River valley
locatedOn British Columbia Highway 1 ⓘ
British Columbia Highway 8 ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Railway mainline ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Pacific Railway main line

British Columbia Highway 1 ⓘ
surface form: Trans-Canada Highway
locatedOnRiver Nicola River ⓘ
Thompson River ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Spence ⓘ
nearbyFirstNationsCommunity Cooks Ferry Indian Band ⓘ
surface form: Cook’s Ferry Indian Band
originalName Cook’s Ferry ⓘ
populationCharacteristic declining population ⓘ
small population ⓘ
postalCodePrefix V0K ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
province British Columbia ⓘ
region Thompson-Nicola ⓘ
servedByRailway Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
timeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
transportationCorridor Fraser–Thompson corridor ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fraser Canyon → nearbySettlement → Spences Bridge, British Columbia ⓘ