| This book will tell you of the many unique features of the Thompson river and its tributaries. A river that, thought it bears his name, David Thompson never saw. While researching and writing nearly 200 weekly outdoor columns for the Kamloops Sentinel, dozens of articles for such magazines as Western Fish and Wildlife, B.C. Outdoors, and Canadian Rockhound, Murphy Shewchuk has ferreted out a mass of interesting information about early history, the gold rush and the hidden gemstones of the valley. |
