CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA - British Columbia: Including the Alaska Highway - page 532

SIGHTS
Excellent displays at the three-story, gold-colored Kamloops Museum (207 Seymour
St., 250/828-3576, 9am-8pm Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm Sat., and 1pm-5pm Sun. in summer,
9:30am-4:30pm Tues.-Sat. the rest of the year, adult $3, child $1) cover local First Nations
culture, the fur trade (peek in the reconstructed fur trader's cabin), pioneer days, natural
history (many stuffed and mounted critters), industry, and transportation. You'll see a fur-
nished late-19th-century living area, a stable complete with tack and carriage, a blacksmith
shop, paddle wheels, old wall clocks and cameras, and a 15-minute slide presentation on
the city's history.
Kamloops Art Gallery (465 Victoria St., 250/377-2400, 10am-5pm Mon.-Sat., until
9pm Thurs., adult $5, senior and child $3) features an impressive collection of more than
1,000 works by contemporary artists in all sorts of media—quite a contrast to the museum.
The nonprofit BC Wildlife Park (9077 Dallas Dr., off the Trans-Canada Hwy. 16
kilometers/10 miles east of Kamloops, 250/573-3242, 9:30am-4pm daily Mar.-Apr.,
9:30am-5pm daily May-Sept., 9:30am-4pm daily Oct., 9:30am-4pm weekends Nov.-Feb.,
adult $15, senior $13, child $11) is primarily a wildlife rehabilitation center, but among the
more than 150 furry inhabitants are many species of mammals from western Canada, in-
cluding a couple of bears, wolves, cougars, and lynx. Other attractions are a huge visitor
center, the BC-themed Discovery Centre, an outdoor amphitheater, a glass-walled beehive,
and, for the kids, a petting zoo.