ABOUT WESTSYDE
Westsyde runs along the west bank of the North Thompson River on the north side of Kamloops, from the Halston interchange up Westsyde Road toward the Lac du Bois grasslands. It started as orchard land: in the early 1900s the British Columbia Fruit Lands Company irrigated the flats and planted orchards here, and the area joined the City of Kamloops in 1973.
Today it is a family neighbourhood of single-family homes on the river flats and the benches above them, with its own secondary school, elementary schools, pool, grocery store and fire hall. The City expects most new homes here to come from infill rather than new subdivisions, and the grasslands sit right above the neighbourhood.
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Neighbourhood Guide
Practical answers on Westsyde from a third-generation Kamloops REALTOR with 18 years in construction, who reads a river-flat lot and a hillside lot differently.
Contact JeremiaWhere is Westsyde?
Westsyde is on the west side of the North Thompson River, north of Brocklehurst and Batchelor Heights. Westsyde Road is the main route through it, and the Halston interchange connects it to North Kamloops. Most of the neighbourhood is about 15 minutes from downtown, longer from the north end, and BC Transit routes 3 and 81 serve it.
Who lives in Westsyde?
Families and long-time owners. The schools, the pool and the fields at Westsyde Centennial Park are close by, and the flat streets near the river suit people downsizing as well as people raising kids.
What is the lifestyle like?
Outdoors and close to home. The northern section of the Rivers Trail follows the North Thompson from Westsyde Centennial Park, the Lac du Bois Grasslands Protected Area sits above the neighbourhood with hiking and wildlife viewing, and The Dunes golf course is along Westsyde Road.
What are the properties like?
Mostly single-family homes on the river flats and the benches above them, with some newer infill and larger rural lots as Westsyde Road heads north out of the city. On the flats, ask about the floodplain and the dikes: the North Thompson dikes failed in 1972 and flooded part of Westsyde. On the benches, ask about the slope, since silt bluffs and landslip are the City's main geotechnical concerns.
Schools and services
Westsyde Secondary (grades 8 to 12) is in the neighbourhood, and Westsyde Elementary, David Thompson Elementary and Arthur Stevenson Elementary (each kindergarten to grade 7) are in its family of schools. Confirm the catchment for a specific address with School District 73. Save-On-Foods, Westsyde Pool and Fitness Centre and a Kamloops Fire Rescue station are all in Westsyde.
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Things to Do & See
Westsyde Pool and Fitness Centre
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Westsyde Centennial Park
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Rivers Trail
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Lac du Bois Grasslands
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WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT THINK TO ASK
In Westsyde, where the lot sits matters as much as the house. On the river flats, look the property up on the City of Kamloops Property Information Portal, ask what the dikes protect, and ask your insurer about overland flood coverage before you remove subjects.
On the benches and hillsides, ask whether a geotechnical report was ever done, look for cracking in foundations and retaining walls, and watch where the water goes off the slope in spring. A 2025 mudslide on Pine Springs Road was a reminder that the silt hillsides move. 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 and acreage properties around Kamloops and works Kamloops neighbourhoods including Westsyde. 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.
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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.