The Nicola Country, also known as the Nicola Valley and often referred to simply as The Nicola, and originally Nicolas' Country or Nicholas' Country, adapted to Nicola's Country and simplified since, is a region in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is the main subregion of the larger Thompson Country and is often referred to separately, or in combination forms, notably the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. The combination Nicola-Similkameen is also common.
The Nicola Country is roughly synonymous with the basin of the Nicola River, but unlike other similar region-names in BC was not named for the river. Rather, both were named as a result of this region being the territory under the rule of Nicola (Hwistesmexteqen), the most prominent and influential of the chiefs of the Nicola people, who like the river and region were named for the chief, i.e. "Nicola's people". Nicola was the son of Pelkamulox, an Okanagan chief who, at the invitation of Kwa'lila, the Secwepemc chief of Kamloops, settled in the valley to escape harassment at his former domicile at the head of Okanagan Lake and founded there the joint community of Okanagans and Nlaka'pamux known as the Nicola people and whose government is the Nicola Tribal Association, and at one time included members of the now-extinct "Stuwix" or Nicola Athapaskans.
Other than the several First Nations reserves in the Nicola Country, there are a number of small non-indigenous settlements. The area's only significant and largest town is Merritt. Also of note in the region is the Douglas Lake Ranch, one of the world's largest ranches. Its headquarters is north and east of Merritt at Douglas Lake but whose lands span most of the Thompson Plateau and also country beyond it to the northeast in the Shuswap Highland and to the north in the Bonaparate Plateau.
The NicolaCountry, also known as the Nicola Valley and often referred to simply as The Nicola, and originally Nicolas' Country or Nicholas' Country, adapted...
Columbia, Canada NicolaCountry, a region of British Columbia around the river Nicola Lake, a lake near the upper reaches of the river Nicola (album) (1967)...
The Nicola people are a First Nations political and cultural alliance in the NicolaCountry region of the Southern Interior of the Canadian province of...
Lower Nicola is a rural community in the NicolaCountry region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia. It is located at the confluence of Guichon...
father and today known as the Nicolas, (originally Nicola's people), as well as its basin, which is known as the NicolaCountry. It drains most of the northern...
vicinity of the Thompson River, with subareas such as the Bonaparte Country or NicolaCountry usually referred to separately. The term "North Thompson" used...
football. After spending time in that country, he returned to Peru to finish his studies at the Agnus Dei College. Nicola was trained as a teenager in the...
Interior Salishan language spoken in the Fraser Canyon, Thompson Canyon, NicolaCountry of the Canadian province of British Columbia, and formerly in the North...
Columbia NicolaNicola River Nicola Athapaskans NicolaCountry "Nicola Lake Indian Reserve No. 1". BC Geographical Names. "Angler's Atlas". "Nicola Lake,...
highway crosses from the Fraser Valley Regional District into the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. 61 km (38 mi) and five interchanges north of the former...
the NicolaCountry, which is named after the 19th-century chief who founded the alliance, Nicola. This alliance today is manifested in the Nicola Tribal...
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Beak was a cattle rancher who had already amassed some 22,000 acres in the Nicola Valley, whereas Greaves, Thomson and Ward were members of a cattle syndicate...
province of British Columbia, located near the town of Merritt in the NicolaCountry at Douglas Lake. They are a member of both the Okanagan Nation Alliance...
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The Nicola Athapaskans, also known as the Nicola people or Stuwix, were an Athabascan people who migrated into the NicolaCountry of what is now the Southern...
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Nicola is an extinct Athabascan language formerly spoken in the Similkameen and NicolaCountries of British Columbia by the group known to linguists and...
located on the south shore of Nicola Lake near the city of Merritt, British Columbia, Canada in that province's NicolaCountry region. On the former main...
Southern Interior or South-Central Interior. The Nicola, Fraser Canyon, Thompson and Bridge River -Lillooet Country are sometimes also referred to as being in...
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