Brocklehurst, Kamloops

Brocklehurst is a neighbourhood in the western area of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Brocklehurst is bordered by the Thompson River to the south, to the east, the Kamloops Airport to the west, and the Batchelor hills and Batchelor Heights aka Batchelor Hills to the north. The community is named after Ed Brocklehurst, a local orchardist from England who lived in the area between 1896 and 1907.^[1]

Brocklehurst, which briefly existed as a District Municipality in its own right from 1971 until amalgamation with Kamloops in 1973, is the largest of the city's neighbourhoods, accounting for 16% of the city's population. The Brocklehurst area (or Brock) as referred to by its residents, is the warmest and most hospitable of the micro climates in the city of Kamloops. There can be as much as a 4 degree Celsius increase from Brock, to Aberdeen all within the city of Kamloops.

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^ Akrigg, G. P. V., Akrigg, H. B. (1970). 1001 British Columbia Place Names. Canada: Discovery Press.

"Brocklehurst (Community)". BC Geographical Names.

Coordinates: 50°42′00″N 120°25′00″W / 50.70000°N 120.41667°W / 50.70000; -120.41667

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[1] Akrigg, G. P. V., Akrigg, H. B. (1970). 1001 British Columbia Place Names. Canada: Discovery Press.

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