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Merritt City Information
Merritt and the Nicola Valley exposes the traveller to the soft, wind-stirred beauty of thriving ranchlands. The valley offers sharp contrasts; from green fields or sagebrush-studded hillsides to rich marshes teeming with birds.
This area was first settled by ranchers who recognized the potential for a productive cattle industry; the area contains the Douglas Lake Cattle Ranch, one of the largest working cattle ranches in North America. Merritt replaced Nicola to become the central service community in the area to serve the local coal mines and area ranches.
Merritt is also at the junction of four major highways serving the High Country area. The entire area is rich in displays of its ranching heritage but also provides a number of opportunities to outdoor enthusiasts; Merritt is specially famous for its fishing lakes.
British Columbia's Thompson Nicola begins at Sicamous in the east and follows the course of the Thompson and Nicola Rivers. This diverse area includes the Shuswap Lake region with over 1,100 km of navigable waterways and impressive beaches. The Thompson and Nicola Valleys include rolling hills with grasslands where ranches prosper. There are several national and provincial parks to explore in the region which offer a fisherman's paradise, with hundreds of lakes and streams to explore, and world famous Kamloops trout to catch. The wildlife is abundant, hiking ample and scenery stunning.
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