Savona

SAVONA, pop 581, is a small community 44 km west of KAMLOOPS, where the THOMPSON R leaves Kamloops Lk. When FUR TRADERS arrived, the site was being used seasonally by aboriginal people. It was originally known as Savona's Ferry after François Saveneux, who settled in 1858 and operated a cable ferry across the river. Ranching developed during the 1870s, an early hotel was built and the community enjoyed a brief boom while the CPR was being constructed from 1882 to 1885. The Monarch SAWMILL...

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