About South Thompson Valley

The South Thompson Valley is a fairly large geographical area of Kamloops and has a number of sub-areas.

The south Thompson Valley region runs from the intersection of Highway 5 (Yellowhead Highway) at Shuswap Road East and runs east along the South Thompson River past River Shore Golf Course.

Starting with the furthest east area, the acreages past RiverShore Golf. This region stretches as far as Pritchard. There are a number of beautiful acreage properties, mostly smaller parcels under 10 acres. There are some larger properties in the area but they are not as plentiful. The nice thing about the acreages in this area is they are on the north side of the South Thompson giving them great southern exposure. There are a lot of acreages that are on the riverfront and often have docks with boat access.

Rivershore Golf Community is the next furthest east in the South Thompson Valley sub area. This community has a variety of single family homes, large and medium in size. There really are few small homes in the area and no townhomes or condos. Each property is a part of the Rivershore bare land strata. The strata fee there covers water, sewer, garbage collection and road clearing. Each home functions like any freehold property where owners are responsible for the maintenance and upkeep for their own homes. Many homes in Rivershore back on to the golf course or have lovely views.

The region between Rivershore Golf Course and closer west to Kamloops consist of mostly detached homes on acreages. The popular Harper's Trail Winery is located in this region as well as Sagewood Winery. This section of the South Thompson Valley and east is easily accessible by the Trans Canada Highway #1 and Lafarge Bridge. There is a small mobile home park located at 3099 Shuswap road. Owners at this park either own their home and land (as a bare land strata), or just own the home and pay rent for the land the home sits on. The South Thompson Inn is located beside Rivershore Golf Course and is a popular spot for visitors and events. There is not any shopping or services in this area. Dallas would have the closest grocery store.

The furthest western portion of the South Thompson Valley has smaller properties and mobile home parks. Sienna Ridge which is located at 641 Shuswap Road E is a single family development with a home owners association. These homes were built between 2017 and 2023. Each home is a level entry home with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms on the main floor. There are daylight walk out homes and patio homes with in ground basements. Each home includes a full 2 car garage, driveway and yard space with patio. This community is gated and also features on site RV parking. Sienna Ridge is located below the hillside of Sun Rivers.

There are three additional mobile home parks on the further west section of the South Thompson Valley, located a few minutes east of Sienna Ridge. Each park has single and double wide homes. They are all on a rental pad and the land is not owned by the residents of the mobile home.

A lot of the land from the intersection of Highway 5 and Shuswap Road East running east for a number of kilometers is Kamloops Indian Band Land. This includes Sienna Ridge and the mobile home parks. Sienna Ridge has a lease structure much like those in Sun Rivers which is a 99 year prepaid lease with the Crown, Government of Canada. This area of the South Thompson valley is growing. Currently there are a couple fast food restaurants and gas station with convenience store near Highway 5. Presently, construction has begun on a grocery store across Highway 5 from the gas station. This will bring a lot of retail into this area which would service the South Thompson Valley as well as Sun Rivers. There is also a large commercial project starting in Sun Rivers.

The Western portion of the South Thompson Valley is very close to downtown Kamloops and all of the services within Kamloops. Uptown shopping is a 10 to 15 minute drive from most of the properties located in the Western portion. Those properties are further east are approximately 25 minutes drive into the city and amenities. There are shopping and services along the Valleyview corridor if residents don't want to make the full drive into Kamloops.

There's limited public bus service within the region however there is school bus service for students to attend local schools. Like many areas of Kamloops the South Thompson Valley has very easy access to outdoor recreational activities.