ABOUT CAMPBELL CREEK AND SOUTH THOMPSON VALLEY
Campbell Creek is the east edge of Kamloops along the Trans-Canada Highway, around Coyote Drive and Dallas Drive near the BC Wildlife Park, about 15 minutes from downtown. The MLS area also takes in Del Oro in TNRD Electoral Area L, and the South Thompson Valley area covers the north side of the river along Shuswap Road and Rivershore, in Electoral Area P.
Lewis Campbell ranched along the South Thompson from 1864, and the family ranch grew to nearly 1,000 acres before it was subdivided in the 1960s. Today the area mixes city lots on municipal water, bare land strata lots at Rivershore, manufactured home parks and acreage along Shuswap Road, with Monte Creek about 28 km east of Kamloops.
CAMPBELL CREEK LISTINGS
Listed by Stonehaus Realty Corp
Listed by Royal LePage Kamloops Realty (Seymour St)
Listed by eXp Realty (Kamloops)
Listed by Brendan Shaw Real Estate Ltd.
Listed by Royal LePage Westwin Realty
Listed by eXp Realty (Kamloops)
Campbell Creek and South Thompson Valley
Area Guide
Practical answers on Campbell Creek and the South Thompson Valley from a rural REALTOR who has lived at Pinantan Lake since 2008, and who reads the title before the listing.
Contact JeremiaWhere are Campbell Creek and the South Thompson Valley?
East of Kamloops on both sides of the South Thompson River. Campbell Creek is on the south side along the Trans-Canada, about 15 minutes from downtown at the BC Wildlife Park. Rivershore and Shuswap Road are on the north side, about 20 minutes out, and Monte Creek is about 28 km east by road.
Who lives here?
People who want acreage, river property or a golf course community without going far from the city, and buyers looking at manufactured homes on leased or owned land.
What is the lifestyle like?
The BC Wildlife Park has more than 200 animals, Rivershore Golf Links is on the north side of the river, and Monte Creek Winery is east at Monte Creek. The Dallas-Barnhartvale Nature Park trails are close by.
What are the properties like?
City lots around Coyote Drive, bare land strata lots at Rivershore Estates on a co-operative well and community sewer, manufactured home parks, and acreage on Shuswap Road. Some Shuswap Road East properties, such as Sienna Ridge and South Bend Estates, are leasehold or pay pad rent, so check every title.
Schools and services
The Campbell Creek neighbourhood is on City of Kamloops water. Dallas Elementary on Harper Road and Valleyview Secondary are the nearby schools on the south side; confirm the catchment for any address, especially north of the river, with School District 73. The nearest emergency department is Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.
Discover Campbell Creek
Things to Do & See
BC Wildlife Park
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Rivershore Golf Links
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Monte Creek Winery
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Dallas-Barnhartvale Nature Park
View ActivitiesPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: South Thompson valley by The Interior, CC BY-SA 4.0; Barnhartvale road at sunset by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0; South Thompson River by Giorgio Galeotti, CC BY-SA 4.0; Monte Creek Ranch Winery by CK Golf, CC BY-SA 2.0; Rose Hill grassland by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT THINK TO ASK
Out here, the title decides what you are buying. Some Shuswap Road East properties are leasehold or sit in manufactured home parks with pad rent, and part of East Shuswap Road is being added to Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc reserve land. Read the title, the lease and any park rules before you write, and ask your lender early about leasehold financing.
Water and fire protection change across the area: city water in Campbell Creek and a co-operative well and community sewer at Rivershore, so ask what serves the property you are looking at. The 2021 White Rock Lake fire put Campbell Creek on evacuation alert and evacuated parts of Area L, so get an insurance quote early. I have 18 years in construction and I am not a licensed home inspector, so I will tell you when to bring one in.
Huxley
Jeremia Huxley is a REALTOR with Stonehaus Realty Corp., based in Pinantan Lake, BC, who focuses on rural, acreage and lake properties around Kamloops, including Campbell Creek. He has 18 years of construction experience and 9 years in real estate, and the two have overlapped for most of that time. He is not a licensed home inspector. Contact: 250-571-0379.
Campbell Creek FAQ
REAL ESTATE INSIGHTS
Buying or selling rural property raises questions that city listings never do: wells, septic, who plows the road, what the ALR allows.
The blog takes them one at a time, in plain language, from someone who has lived on rural property since 2008.