The British Columbia Wildlife Park is a 106-acre (43 ha) zoo located in Kamloops, British Columbia .
111-683: Monte Creek is an unincorporated community in the Thompson region of south central British Columbia . The former ferry landing is east of the mouth of Monte Creek and on the south shore of the South Thompson River . Immediately west of the BC Highway 97 intersection on BC Highway 1 , the locality is by road about 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Chase and 28 kilometres (17 mi) east of Kamloops . Arriving in 1862, Jacob Duck and Alex Pringle pre-empted on both sides of river, farmed, and ran
222-648: A census-designated place (CDP). A CDP is an area defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. It is a populated area that generally includes one officially designated but currently unincorporated community for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions, and occasionally other smaller unincorporated communities as well. Otherwise, it has no legal status. The Census Bureau designates some unincorporated areas as "unorganized territories", as defined by
333-424: A county island is surrounded on most or all sides by municipalities. In areas of sparse population, the majority of the land in any given state may be unincorporated. Some states, including North Carolina , grant extraterritorial jurisdiction to cities and towns (but rarely villages) so that they may control zoning for a limited distance into adjacent unincorporated areas, often as a precursor (and sometimes as
444-585: A local services board in Ontario. In New Brunswick, where a significant population lives in a local service district , taxation and services may come directly from the province. The entire area of the Czech Republic is divided into municipalities ; the only exceptions are four military training areas . These are parts of the regions and do not form self-governing municipalities, but are rather governed by military offices ( újezdní úřad ), which are subordinate to
555-456: A "place or area with clustered or scattered buildings, and a permanent human population (city, settlement, town, village)." No legal boundaries exist, although a corresponding "civil" record may occur, the boundaries of which may or may not match the perceived populated place. Some nations have some exceptional unincorporated areas: Many countries, especially those with many centuries of history with multiple tiers of local government, do not use
666-474: A bingo event to raise money to keep the park feasible, but it fell short of its goal. This caused founder, John Moelaert to resign as the park's manager on August 31, 1971, leaving park president, Doug Jebson as head of the board of directors and with the mandate of keeping the park alive. After going through three failed attempts of financing and witnessing their founder's resignation, the BC Wildlife Park
777-622: A council of their own, usually an Ortsvorsteher or Ortsvorsteherin (village chairman / chairwoman) is appointed by the municipal council, except in the very smallest villages. In 2000, the number of unincorporated areas in Germany, called gemeindefreie Gebiete (municipality-free areas) or singular gemeindefreies Gebiet , was 295 with a total area of 4,890 km (1,890 sq mi) and around 1.4% of its territory. However, these are mostly unpopulated areas such as forests, lakes and their surroundings, military training areas, and
888-492: A descriptive name, followed by the designation "unorganized territory". Unorganized territories were first used for statistical purposes in conjunction with the 1960 census. At the 2000 census there were 305 of these territories within the United States. Their total land area was 85,392 square miles (221,165 km ) and they had a total population of 247,331. South Dakota had the most unorganized territories, 102, as well as
999-453: A few other unique cases, almost all of Australia is part of an LGA. Unincorporated areas are often in remote locations, cover vast areas, or have very small populations. Postal addresses in unincorporated areas, as in other parts of Australia, normally use the suburb or locality names gazetted by the relevant state or territorial government. Thus, any ambiguity regarding addresses rarely exists in unincorporated areas. In Canada, depending on
1110-584: A few weeks later. Soon after their establishment, the Greater Kamloops Zoological Society started its membership drive. Membership to join the Greater Kamloops Zoological Society was only two dollars a year and included four free visits to the future zoo. The membership drive quickly reached over the 100-mark, which included renowned British Columbia citizens such as former Justice Minister Davie Fulton , Highways Minister Phil Gaglardi , Kamloops Mayor Peter Wing , Executive Director of
1221-463: A form of direct democracy, such as the open town meeting or representative town meeting . Larger towns in New England may be incorporated as cities, with some form of mayor-council government. In New Jersey, multiple types exist, as well, such as city , township , town , borough , or village , but these differences are in the structure of the legislative branches, not in the powers or functions of
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#17328375321801332-512: A general store, post office, and hotel accommodation. In 1892, the Ducks school opened. In 1894, classes moved from temporary accommodation to a new schoolhouse. After a period of closure, the school reopened in March 1905 in a residence. In 1909–10, a large one-room schoolhouse was erected. Bostock built a larger house in 1906, a new hotel in 1911, and a new store in 1912. A constable was stationed during
1443-465: A horse-drawn wagon, or two average-sized automobiles. In 1962, ferry service was discontinued. The Monte Creek Provincial Park , at the end of Old Ferry Rd, occupies the former south shore ferry site. The post office, which lasted into the early 2000s, is believed to have closed in 2004. Established in 2009, Monte Creek Winery opened to the public in 2015. The venture includes 30 hectares (75 acres) of vines, organic farming, and cattle grazing. After
1554-462: A legal requirement) to later annexation of those areas. This is especially useful in rural counties that have no zoning at all, or only spot zoning for unincorporated communities. In California, all counties except the City and County of San Francisco have unincorporated areas. Even in highly populated counties, the unincorporated portions may contain a large number of inhabitants. In Los Angeles County ,
1665-463: A natural item they can bring it to the Nature Exchange and get experienced staff to see and discuss the item with the collector on what the object is, where it came from, why it is special and any other details. Collectors are encouraged to further their knowledge of nature through research in the adjacent resource library. Staff can award the exchange based on three criteria: Through this process,
1776-450: A part of an incorporated place, changes to another incorporated place, or disincorporates. For example, places in Kingwood, Texas , previously unincorporated, retained "Kingwood, TX" mailing addresses after the 1996 annexation of Kingwood into the city of Houston . The Houston city government stated on its website, "The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses to maximize
1887-511: A place name is "acceptable" in a mailing address or not, as is the case with Lithia Springs, Georgia . ZIP Code boundaries often ignore political boundaries, so the appearance of a place name in a mailing address alone does not indicate whether the place is incorporated or unincorporated. Unincorporated areas with permanent populations in the United States are defined by the United States Geological Survey as "populated places",
1998-468: A policy to be committed to promoting a sustainable and responsible environmental practices. Through this policy, all new construction at or in association with the park will follow strict environmental standards from the types of materials being used; to the way they heat and light their facilities and how they can reuse recyclable material whenever they can. In the near future, the BC Wildlife Park would like to showcase and set an example for others through
2109-473: A population between 100 and 1,000 residents may have the status of designated place in Canadian census data. In some provinces, large tracts of undeveloped wilderness or rural country are unorganized areas that fall directly under the provincial jurisdiction. Some unincorporated settlements in such unorganized areas may have some types of municipal services provided to them by a quasigovernmental agency such as
2220-484: A public indoor swimming pool, better facilities for its senior citizens and that they don't feel comfortable with animals being locked up in cages. Moelaert would make it clear to the public that, "The well-being of animals was as important to me as it was to my critics," and went further to explain, "That a zoological park (The name wildlife park came into use later) could be a major recreational, educational and conservation project." However, opposition to Moelaert's plan
2331-434: A roadhouse. Duck and Pringle's became the place, postal, and telegraph name. The post office opened in 1870. In 1882, Duck bought out his partner to become sole owner of the 1,200-hectare (3,000-acre) estate, which carried 1,000 head of cattle. In 1883, the community name shortened to Duck's and Albert Duck (see #Holmwood ) joined his uncle. Jacob Duck was the inaugural postmaster. The post office rename in 1896 derived from
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#17328375321802442-585: A society so that they can gather information to answer those questions and to determine whether having a zoological park was even feasible. Moelaert then asked for donations for the proposed society and received a $ 10 bill from Ralph Thomas, General Manager of the Kamloops Pulp Mill and received an additional $ 5 from Reg Waugh. The public meeting would end after it appointed Jim Watson, Mrs S. Dow, lawyer Andrew Berna, Chamber of Commerce representative Fred Nesbitt, and John Moelaert as committee members to pursue
2553-468: A very high level of veterinary care and learning their course requirements while participating in animal health and wildlife rehabilitation at the BC Wildlife Park. In 2006, the Rehabilitation Centre rescued and rehabilitated 139 animals and in 2007, the park took in five rescued rattlesnakes and rehabilitated them by the fall season when the snakes were eventually released to a den site. One of
2664-473: A wide variety of sustainable projects that will include alternate energy practices, such as solar and wind power , waste water treatment in a natural marsh , and recycling projects that will include composting techniques. The Kamloops Wildlife Park Society operates the only licensed Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in the Kamloops area. The Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre staff and volunteers work closely with
2775-683: Is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation . There are many unincorporated communities and areas in the United States and Canada. In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut , Córdoba , Entre Ríos , Formosa , Neuquén , Río Negro , San Luis , Santa Cruz , Santiago del Estero , Tierra del Fuego , and Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Unlike many other countries, Australia has only one level of local government immediately beneath state and territorial governments. A local government area (LGA) often contains several towns and even entire metropolitan areas. Thus, aside from very sparsely populated areas and
2886-422: Is a small group of islands that forms the easternmost part of Denmark. This small archipelago lies 20 kilometers northeast of Bornholm and is the only part of metropolitan Denmark which is not part of a municipality. The islands have been under military jurisdiction since 1685 when Denmark turned Christiansø into a naval base to in response to Sweden creating Karlskrona naval base a few years earlier. In 1926,
2997-501: Is one of the most populated places in Georgia but is served by a branch of the Atlanta post office. Only after the city was incorporated in 2005 was "Sandy Springs" approved for use in mailing addresses, though "Atlanta" remains the default name. Accordingly, "Atlanta" is the only accepted place name for mailing addresses in the nearby unincorporated town of Vinings , also served by a branch of
3108-581: Is subdivided into 393 municipalities which are further classified, normally by population, as city , local council , or regional council . All three types of municipality provide services including zoning and planning. However, a few unincorporated areas exist, whether because of omissions and ambiguities left in official maps dating from the British Mandate for Palestine , or due to deliberate policy of ensuring facilities of national importance, such as Ben Gurion Airport , Mikveh Israel boarding school, or
3219-529: Is the Longyearbyen Community Council in Svalbard, which since 2004 in reality acts partly like a Norwegian municipality. Svalbard has a governor appointed by the government of Norway, ruling the area. Jan Mayen has no population, only radio and weather stations with staff, whose manager has the responsibility for the activities. Bouvet Island has only occasional visitors. In local government in
3330-520: Is the intersection of Duck Range Rd with Highway 97. In these hills east of his farm, Jacob Duck ranged his cattle. Initially called Duck's Range, the amended spelling emerged in due course. In their two-storey log home, the Allans operated a small general store/post office 1908–1943. Duck Range Union Cemetery, which dates from 1909, is still in use and contains about 15 graves. A school existed 1913–1961. Unincorporated community An unincorporated area
3441-563: Is unlawful to have British Columbia wildlife as domestic pets or to collect cast off antlers. People will be encouraged to enjoy nature in a sustainable way, and that means that items like bird's nests, flowers or animal bones should be photographed or sketched, but left physically undisturbed for everyone to appreciate. The Nature Exchange will include an Answers & Resources Library and Trading Zone as well as five distinct zones: Animals, Insects, Plants & Trees, Rocks, Minerals & Fossils, and Skulls and Bones. The BC Wildlife Park have
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3552-531: The BAZAN Group oil refineries, would not have their operation affected by local considerations. The largest unincorporated area in Israel is the so-called "Reservation area", a triangular region whose vertexes are Beersheba , Dimona and Arad , in which all Negev Bedouins were concentrated in the 1950s. As no municipal services are provided within unincorporated areas, this effectively makes all Bedouin settlements in
3663-500: The British Columbia Wildlife Federation Howard Paish , and Vancouver Public Aquarium founder and director Dr. Murray Newman . After their successful membership drive, the Greater Kamloops Zoological Society's next task was to find a suitable site and soon entered into talks with Molson Breweries who owned an unused 1,000-acre (4.0 km ) hops farm about 10 miles (16 km) east from what
3774-590: The Ministry of Defence . Note: The Brdy Military Area was abandoned by the Army in 2015 and converted into a protected landscape area , with its area being incorporated either into existing municipalities or into newly established municipalities based on the existing settlements. The other four military training areas were reduced in size in 2015 too. The decisions on whether the settlements joined existing municipalities or formed new ones were made by plebiscites. Ertholmene ,
3885-573: The Ministry of Environment as well as community partners to provide rehabilitation services for injured, ill, or orphaned mammals , birds of prey , amphibians , reptiles and endangered species until they can be returned to their natural habitats. The Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre also has a partnership with Thompson Rivers University 's – Animal Health Technology Program (AHT) to teach and prepare students to become Animal Health Technicians . Students that are taking this program will learn many aspects of their course requirements while providing
3996-716: The Openbaar Lichaam Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders (Southern IJsselmeerpolders Public Body). In 1984, the Landdrost became the first mayor of the new city Almere. Since that date, the Netherlands does not have any unincorporated land areas. The Openbaar Lichaam remained, however, only governing the water body of the Markermeer . After the municipal division of the Wadden Sea (1985), the territorial waters in
4107-646: The United States Postal Service (USPS) (indeed, some have their own post offices), and the Census Bureau uses the names of some widely recognized unincorporated communities for its CDPs for which it tabulates census data. In some instances, unincorporated areas have a mailing address indicating the name of an incorporated city, as well as those where residents of one incorporated city have mailing addresses indicating another incorporated city. Mailing addresses do not necessarily change whether an area becomes
4218-637: The northeastern states . All of the land in New Jersey , Connecticut , Massachusetts , New York , and Rhode Island , and nearly all of the land in New Hampshire , Pennsylvania , and Vermont , is part of an incorporated area of some type. In these areas, types (and official names) of local government entities can vary. In New England (which includes five of those eight states, plus the less fully incorporated state of Maine ), local municipalities are known as towns or cities, and most towns are administered by
4329-723: The white-tailed deer , the fallow deer , and the Canada geese . After operating its business under the Kamloops Zoo , the society would change its name to the Wildlife Park Society of British Columbia and rename the site as British Columbia Wildlife Park on November 1, 1966, in order to recognize the support that they have received from both the Thompson-Okanagan region and the Lower Mainland. In its first 80 days of operation,
4440-513: The 1930s, was destroyed in 1960 by spontaneous combustion in a coal pile. The nearby former general store, which had been converted to apartments, was saved. In April 1925, the southeastward advance of the Canadian National Railway (CN) rail head began at the junction. Kelowna Pacific Railway operated this CN route 2000–2013. ^a . In early 1948, auto-rail service commenced at the termini. ^b . In 1964, CN cancelled
4551-660: The Atlanta post office, even though Vinings is in Cobb County and Atlanta is in Fulton and DeKalb counties. In contrast, neighboring Mableton has not been incorporated in nearly a century, but has its own post office and thus "Mableton" is the only acceptable place name for mailing addresses in the town. The areas of Dulah and Faria , California, which are unincorporated areas in Ventura County between Ventura and Carpinteria , have
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4662-660: The May 2022 referendum passed, the Pritchard Fire Department provided fire protection from January 2023 while the Monte Creek Fire Department was becoming operational. St. Peter's Anglican Church holds Sunday services twice monthly. The hamlet is by road about 5 kilometres (3 mi) to the south. In 1900, Albert Duck bought the Cyrus Robbins Ranch, which he called Holmwood. He was the only postmaster for
4773-567: The North Sea (1991) and the IJsselmeer (1994), all water bodies are now also part of a municipality and no unincorporated areas exist in the Netherlands anymore. The Openbaar Lichaam Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders was dissolved in 1996. The New Zealand outlying islands are offshore island groups that are part of New Zealand. The Chatham Islands is the only island group among these that are populated and it has its own territorial authority . Most of
4884-482: The U.S. Census Bureau where portions of counties are not included in any legally established minor civil division (MCD) or independent incorporated place. These occur in 10 MCD states: Arkansas , Indiana , Iowa , Louisiana , Maine , Minnesota , North Carolina , North Dakota , Ohio , and South Dakota . The census recognizes such separate pieces of territory as one or more separate county subdivisions for statistical purposes. It assigns each unorganized territory
4995-496: The United States , an unincorporated area generally refers to the part of a county that is outside any municipality. An unincorporated community is one general term for a geographic area having a common social identity without municipal organization or official political designation (i.e., incorporation as a city or town). The two main types of unincorporated communities are: Most states have granted some form of home rule , so that county commissions (or boards or councils) have
5106-559: The United States by Congress. Currently, the five major unincorporated U.S. insular areas are American Samoa , Guam , the Northern Mariana Islands , Puerto Rico , and the U.S. Virgin Islands . Unincorporated insular areas can be ceded to another nation or be granted independence. The U.S. has one incorporated insular area, Palmyra Atoll . Incorporation is regarded as perpetual by the U.S. federal government; once incorporated,
5217-638: The ZIP Code of 93001, which is assigned to the post office at 675 E. Santa Clara St. in Ventura; thus, all mail to those two areas is addressed to Ventura. If an unincorporated area becomes incorporated, it may be split among ZIP Codes, and its new name may be recognized as acceptable for use with some or all of them in mailing addresses, as has been the case in Johns Creek and Milton, Georgia . If an incorporated area disincorporates, though, this has no effect on whether
5328-524: The area unrecognized , with the sole exception of those that were included from 2003 within the Abu Basma Regional Council . On 5 November 2012 that council was split into two new councils, Neve Midbar Regional Council and al-Kasom Regional Council . The Netherlands has had regular periods with unincorporated land when newly reclaimed land polders fall dry. Unincorporated land is since medieval times administered by an appointed officer with
5439-415: The buildings and exhibits for the wildlife park). At the meeting, John Moelaert explained to the public his idea to have a zoological attraction and that to achieve this goal he needs to: John Moelaert recalled that at the meeting, "Most of the people were underwhelmed," and that, "Not a few were clearly hostile," but hostilities were present. Opponents of Moelaert's proposal, argued that Kamloops needed
5550-579: The burrowing owls' plight. In addition, the park's burrowing owl ambassador, is very well known in the local community, and will promote the fundamental message that people of all ages can do something to preserve and protect endangered grassland species. Furthermore, the breeding program is a partnership that includes wildlife park staff, volunteers, local landowners, and the British Columbia Ministry of Education , which also helps in delivering its message and objectives. After twelve years with
5661-550: The city. The California Government Code allows cities to call themselves towns, if they wish, although the designation is purely cosmetic. In the context of the insular areas of the United States, the word "unincorporated" refers to territories in which the United States Congress has determined that only selected parts of the Constitution of the United States apply and which have not been formally incorporated into
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#17328375321805772-465: The collector learns that the simplest object can be awarded a high point value, if the collector shows initiative. The process of trading provides the necessary motivation. In searching for things to collect and trade, individuals learn to observe, to ask questions, and to think independently. Points that are awarded based on the three criteria will be placed on the Nature Exchange computer trading data bank, which will be used for future trading for items in
5883-520: The concept of an unincorporated area. British Columbia Wildlife Park The British Columbia Wildlife Park is an accredited member of the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums (CAZA). In 1965, the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce felt that Kamloops was a 'one-night stop' for tourists and that more attractions would be needed to convince visitors to stay longer, which would benefit
5994-480: The constantly rotating collection of artifacts and other items that collectors can take home to enjoy. Visitors can take the item with them as part of their collection or bring it back to trade it for another item. However, due to federal and provincial regulations, the BC Wildlife Park through the Nature Exchange will raise awareness and emphasize the importance on ethical collecting, on responsible outdoor recreation, and on sustainable living practices. For example, it
6105-667: The council of Municipal District or Specialized Municipality within their boundaries, or by the Minister of Municipal Affairs within the boundaries of an Improvement District. For example, were they incorporated, the urban service areas of Fort McMurray in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and Sherwood Park in Strathcona County would be the fifth- and sixth-largest cities in Alberta. Unincorporated settlements with
6216-487: The county government estimates the population of its unincorporated areas to exceed one million people. Despite having 88 incorporated cities and towns, including the state's most populous, 65% of the land in Los Angeles County is unincorporated, this mostly consisting of Angeles National Forest and sparsely populated regions to its north. In California, the state constitution recognizes only one kind of municipality,
6327-609: The county level. In mid-Atlantic states such as New York and Pennsylvania, a hybrid model that tries to balance the two approaches is prevalent, with differing allocations of power between municipalities and counties existing. Throughout the U.S., some large cities have annexed all surrounding unincorporated areas within their counties, creating what are known as consolidated city–county forms of government (e.g., Jacksonville, Florida , and Nashville, Tennessee ). In these cases, unincorporated areas continue to exist in other counties of their respective metropolitan areas. Conversely,
6438-407: The creek. One suggestion describes it as "the place of mounting", where travellers switched from river travel to riding or exchanged weary horses for fresh ones. A more likely origin was either Alphonse Matteo, an early settler, or a reference to the trail beside the creek as "la monteé" by early explorers, because of the steep climb from the river. However, the local use of Ducks remained popular until
6549-540: The crowd. Although the impressive flower garden around the station had been noted for years, the garden won first prize in the 1941 annual CP competition. During a five-minute water stop, the Duke of Edinburgh stayed in the locomotive cab, while Princess Elizabeth came out onto the rear observation platform of their car and chatted with children in the crowd. Built in 1887, the standard-design Plan H-I-20-6 (Bohi's Type 1) split level station building, unused by passengers since
6660-568: The donated materials and services, mostly came from Kamloops, however, much of the donated materials also came from the Lower Mainland and as far away in Peterborough, Ontario . With the donated materials and services available, founder John Moelaert would oversee the construction and became the project's first manager on June 1, 1966. On that same day, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Staff Sgt. Gordon Simons succeeded John Moelaert as president of
6771-532: The early 1920s. The Bostock family gifted St. Peter's Anglican Church, which opened Christmas Sunday, 1926. Consecrated the following July and now accessed from Old Ferry Rd (immediately south of the railway crossing), planned highway developments in the late 1970s threatened the site. Although volunteer firefighters prevented a 1951 fire from spreading to the former hotel, the general store was damaged, later became apartments (see #Railways ), and has heritage significance. The store likely closed permanently, relocating
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#17328375321806882-428: The efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries." The USPS is very conservative about recognizing new place names for use in mailing addresses and typically only does so when a place incorporates. The original place name associated with a ZIP Code is still maintained as the default place name, even though the name of the newly incorporated place is more accurate. As an example, Sandy Springs
6993-557: The entire area was declared protected cultural heritage. Population of less than 100. Statistics Denmark groups it with Bornholm in Landsdel Bornholm . Since Germany has no administrative level comparable to the townships of other countries, the vast majority of the country, close to 99%, is organized in municipalities ( German : Gemeinde , plural Gemeinden ), often consisting of multiple settlements that are not considered to be unincorporated. Because these settlements lack
7104-481: The entities themselves. On the opposite end of the spectrum is the Virginia "strong county" model. Virginia and other states with this model, such as Alabama , Maryland , and Tennessee , set strict requirements on incorporation or grant counties broad powers that in other states are carried out by cities, creating a disincentive to incorporate, and thus have large urbanized areas which have no municipal government below
7215-453: The event, the BC Wildlife Park received wide media attention from the Vancouver Sun and The Province , which caused provincial tour buses to include the park on their itinerary and school buses brought students for free visits coming from as far as Victoria to visit the park. A month later on June 8, 1967, visitors to the park witnessed the birth of a white-tail deer fawn, which was
7326-490: The first animal to be born at BC Wildlife Park. In addition, the Minister of Northern Affairs Arthur Laing , donated to the park three buffalo calves and gave it tax exempt status. Furthermore, due to its popularity, businesses, service clubs, and individuals sponsored various exhibits at BC Wildlife Park, which helped to cover the various operating expenses. However, the park would go through tough financial difficulties for
7437-408: The first years, the soil is equivalent to quicksand . During the initial period of inhabitation, a special, government-appointed officer was installed, the landdrost . During the administrative office of a Landdrost , no municipal council forms. In 1975, the first homes in what is now the city of Almere were built, and from 1976 to 1984, the area was governed by the Landdrost as the executive of
7548-714: The grassland areas of the Thompson - Okanagan region. To prevent the species from going extinct in the British Columbia grasslands, the BC Wildlife Park participated in the British Columbia Burrowing Owl Recovery Program in 1990, with the construction of its first breeding facility. The main goal of the Breeding Program is to achieve a self-supporting burrowing owl population in British Columbia's grasslands through population increase, habitat improvement, and public education. To increase
7659-472: The hall was moved northward from the midst of the present highway. In August 1885, the eastward advance of the CP rail head passed through the locality, regular service having started as far east as Kamloops the previous month. In May 1906, two members of Bill Miner 's gang boarded the tender of a westbound CP passenger train at Ducks and ordered the train be stopped at Mile 116 (about 7 kilometres (4 mi) west of
7770-521: The largest amount of land under that status: 39,785 square miles (103,042 km ), or 52.4% of the state's land area. North Dakota followed with 86 territories, 20,358 square miles (52,728 km ), or 29.5% of its land area. Maine was next with 36 territories, 14,052 square miles (36,396 km ), or 45.5% of its land area. Minnesota had 71 territories, 10,552 square miles (27,330 km ), or 13% of its land area. Several other states had small amounts of unorganized territory. The unorganized territory with
7881-445: The largest population was Camp Lejeune, North Carolina , a United States Marine Corps base with a census population of 34,452 inhabitants. In the 2010 census , unorganized territory areas were identified in nine U.S. states: Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Many unincorporated communities are also recognized as acceptable place names for use in mailing addresses by
7992-427: The largest unincorporated areas in Germany (including all inhabited areas, but excluding lakes) with an area of more than 50 km (19 sq mi): In Bavaria, there are other contiguous unincorporated areas covering an area of more than 50 km (19 sq mi) which are however composed of several adjacent unincorporated areas, each one of which is under 50 km in area. In Israel, almost all land
8103-778: The like. As of 31 December 2007 , Germany had 248 uninhabited unincorporated areas (of which 214 are located in Bavaria ), not belonging to any municipality, consisting mostly of forested areas, lakes, and larger rivers. Also, three inhabited unincorporated areas exist, all of which served as military training areas : Osterheide and Lohheide in Lower Saxony, and Gutsbezirk Münsingen in Baden-Württemberg . They have fewer than 2,000 inhabitants in total. Gutsbezirk Münsingen has become uninhabited after losing its inhabited parts to adjacent municipalities on 1 January 2011. The following shows
8214-512: The local economy. On February 15, 1965, the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce were approached by animal enthusiast and eventual wildlife park founder John Moelaert, who proposed that an idea of a zoological park would be the perfect attraction to boost the local economy, because it would attract both visitors and residents. A month later a public meeting was organized by the Chamber of Commerce at
8325-571: The matter of setting up a society. After public approval, the Greater Kamloops Zoological Society was formed on April 6, 1965, after its constitution and bylaws were prepared free of charge by local lawyers, Andrew Berna (committee member) and Patrick Dohm . After the establishment of an executive committee, the society was then officially incorporated and registered under the British Columbia Societies Act ,
8436-603: The mid-1920s. The Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) renamed the station as Monte Creek around that time. Alex Pringle retired to Ontario after divesting, but his cousin John Pringle remained at Westwold until death. After her husband Andrew died (see #Railways ), John's daughter Annie Smith took over as the Monte Creek postmaster 1912–1945. In 1884, Jacob Duck built Brunswick House, a hotel. In 1888, Duck sold his ranch to Hewitt Bostock and returned to England. The sale included
8547-458: The name Landdrost or Drossaart . Also, Elten and Tudderen , both annexed from Germany after World War II , were governed by a Landdrost until they were ceded back to Germany in 1963. The most recent period with unincorporated land started in 1967, when the dyke around Southern Flevoland was closed, but several years are required before the polder is genuinely accessible for cultivation, and construction of roads and homes can start, as in
8658-399: The next five years. Molson Breweries announced that it would provide an additional 50 acres (200,000 m ) across the highway as a public park with a walkway under the highway and train track around the site of BC Wildlife Park. However, the proposal was later shelved when the BC Wildlife Park ran into financial difficulties and it would need support from the three levels of government for
8769-530: The old Kamloops Library on March 17, 1965, to discuss the possibility of establishing a wildlife park. Other than John Moelaert, the public meeting were also attended by Kamloops City Council aldermen Tony Andrew, Gene Cavazzi and Malcolm Grant, as well as, North Kamloops Town Council alderman Albert McGowan, Head of the Kamloops branch of the British Columbia Fish and Wildlife Len Smith, and architect Bud Aubrey (who would eventually provide drawings for
8880-441: The ongoing negotiations with Molson Breweries to donate land, Moelaert managed to persuade local architects (see above – The Public Meeting), surveyors, engineers, contractors, carpenters, electricians, bricklayers, etc. to donate their services or building materials if Molson's land were to be transferred to the society. After being successful to convince local businesses to donate their services, Molson Breweries became convinced of
8991-400: The other island groups are not part of any administrative region or district , but are instead each designated as an Area Outside Territorial Authority . In Norway, the outlying islands of Bouvet Island , Jan Mayen , and Svalbard are outside of all of the country's counties and municipalities . They are ruled directly by national authorities without any local democracy. An exception
9102-454: The park drew in 7,000 people before it was closed to the public for the winter season. A year later, on May 20, 1967, the children's zoo was officially opened by Phil Gaglardi in the presence of North Kamloops mayor Jack Chilton , alderman Gene Cavazzi representing Kamloops, society president, Gordon Simons, founder John Moeleart, and 500 spectators who attended the Victoria Day event. After
9213-482: The park's viability and donated 106 acres (0.43 km ) of land to the Greater Kamloops Zoological Society on February 11, 1966, after almost a year of negotiations. Four months after receiving the land transfer from Molson and receiving donated materials and services (labour, concrete, bulldozer, flat deck, lumber, doors, toilet stalls, water mains, etc.), the Greater Kamloops Zoological Society started planning and designing their new site for construction. Majority of
9324-457: The population, about 100 owls are born and raised within the breeding facility. After one year, those same owls would then be released into the grasslands of the Thompson-Okanagan area after staff carefully select a proper release site. In terms, of habitat and education, the wildlife park's education department undertakes extensive interpretive programs and field trips that involve schools and other community groups to promote local awareness about
9435-511: The post office moved to the Chevron station. Around 1976, the Chevron closed. In 1963, a lightning strike set alight the two-storey former hotel, leaving only the two tall brick chimneys standing. The bar closed during Prohibition in 1917 but the building had been used intermittently since that time as a boarding house. In 1964, the school closed. The vacated building became the church hall. In 1994,
9546-466: The post office to an Esso service station opened around this time at the then Highway 97 intersection. The three-bay station was rebranded as a Husky outlet, then the service station/convenience store became an Esso around 1988. The business closed in September 1991, when the site was expropriated for future highway development. During the early 1980s, the building included a Husky restaurant. In 1958,
9657-526: The post office which existed 1912–1921. In 1913, Albert donated the land upon which St Mark's Anglican Church was erected. After St. Peter's opened at Monte Creek in 1926, St Mark's fell into disuse. In 1941, the building was deconsecrated to facilitate school use. The school closed in 1950. Although the building burned down in 1954, the cemetery has remained in use. By road, the area is centred about 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Monte Creek and 9 kilometres (6 mi) south of Pritchard. The western perimeter
9768-482: The present Monte Creek railway crossing and 2 kilometres (1 mi) east of the British Columbia Wildlife Park , where the green commemorative plaque is located). The train was uncoupled at the rear of the baggage car (inadvertently leaving behind the express car), proceeded a little farther, and robbed of a small amount. The gang departed the locomotive between Miles 119 and 120. In 1912, Andrew Smith
9879-562: The program, BC Wildlife Park constructed a new Burrowing Owl Recovery Centre within its grounds in 2002. The new facility is capable of producing over 100 young owls for release each year. The design of the Burrowing Owl Recovery Centre was developed by BC Wildlife Park staff and is currently being copied by other North American facilities due to its success as a leader in Burrowing Owl captive breeding for release according to
9990-404: The proposal to go through. In 1970, the Canadian economy had a downturn that caused both attendance and donations to drop sharply, which created a $ 7,000 deficit for the park. This caused Moelaert and the board to appeal for financial assistance from the city of Kamloops, the regional district, and the provincial government. However, all three levels of governance decided to support and recognize
10101-454: The province, an unincorporated settlement is one that does not have a municipal council that governs solely over the settlement. It is usually, but not always, part of a larger municipal government. These range from small hamlets to large urbanized areas similar in size to a town or city. In Alberta , unincorporated communities can be classified as Hamlet, Locality or townsite. A Hamlet is an unincorporated community that can be designated by
10212-701: The province. In 1987, the BC Wildlife Park attained national status when it received accreditation from the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums (CAZA). Today, the Kamloops Wildlife Park Society is governed by a volunteer board of 14 directors, who are elected at the Annual General Meeting from a membership of over 8,000 people. The BC Wildlife Park opened the Nature Exchange in order to teach people about biological and physical components of their environment, through observation, background research and responsible collecting. If people have
10323-524: The road was extended to Okanagan Lake . However, the mail continued to be carried on this final leg by horseback until the stage route was extended to the lake in 1881. The stage horses were changed at Ducks. In 1874, the Shuswap Wagon Rd was built from Ducks to Chase. In 1886, the establishment of regular service on the CP transferred the access point for Okanagan mail to Sicamous , ending the respective stage services via Ducks. The east–west main road
10434-547: The route, but Greyhound Canada honoured CN tickets. ^c . Point at which the CN branch leaves the CP main line. Campbell Creek to Monte Lake is the only CN grade in BC that required pusher locomotives. From the 1820s until the mid-1840s, the Hudson's Bay Brigade Trail followed the steep ascent of Monte Creek. After the 1841 murder of Samuel Black, chief factor at Fort Kamloops , his coffin
10545-484: The same powers in these areas as city councils or town councils have in their respective incorporated areas. Some states instead put these powers in the hands of townships, which are minor civil divisions of each county and are called "towns" in some states. Differences in state laws regarding the incorporation of communities leads to a great variation in the distribution and nature of unincorporated areas. Unincorporated regions are essentially nonexistent in eight of
10656-442: The snakes also gave birth at the park and the surviving young were also released into the wild. In 2008, the Rehabilitation Centre took in 11 deer fawns from Kamloops and other surrounding communities such as Prince George and Kelowna . Two of the fawns did not survive after they were rescued, while one survivor will not be released since it has lost its fear of humans. However, eight of the surviving deer fawns were released into
10767-402: The society can carry out their development plans was a formidable task, since raising the required funds for the construction of buildings and exhibits would cost more. Molson's concerns of the park's feasibility caused negotiations between zoo founder, John Moelaert and Molson's public relations director, Alex Jupp to be on-going. Knowing his society's financial situation and how it is effecting
10878-402: The society to dispose all of its assets and return the land to Molson Breweries due to the stipulation that the land would only be used as a wildlife park, alone. In desperation, the park board directors was able to receive a loan although, each member had to assume personal liability to keep the park open in 1971. When financial situations remained critical, local service clubs decided to hold
10989-494: The society, since Moelaert was now in charge of managing construction. The first item on Moelaert's development was to drill for an abundant supply of excellent water so that the zoo can have its own independent water supply. On their first drilling attempt, Moelaert found what he was looking for – an abundant water supply, and soon after that, development and construction began. After Moelaert discovered his independent water supply, BC Hydro crews started to provide electricity to
11100-727: The south, the 97 veered farther eastward in 1947 to eliminate the CN railway crossing in the vicinity of Duck Meadow. The widening of the highway from two to four lanes was nearing completion for Kamloops–Monte Creek in October 1997. One year later, work began on the Monte Creek interchange, which included constructing the Dallas Dr frontage road and 4 kilometres (2 mi) of new road for each of highways 1 and 97. The interchange officially opened in December 1999. In 2013, Greyhound Canada abandoned its Monte Creek stop. The highway widening to four lanes
11211-560: The territory cannot be disincorporated . The United States Minor Outlying Islands without a permanent civilian population are "unorganized" in the sense that they do not have a local government, and they are administered by the Office of Insular Affairs directly. The populated American Samoa is "unorganized" in the sense that Congress has not passed an organic act , but it does have a constitution and locally elected territorial legislature and executive. An unincorporated community may be part of
11322-511: The value of the park in principle, but will not give out financial assistance. Shortly afterwards, the board would offer the Thompson-Nicola Regional District the wildlife park and all its assets in exchange for an annual $ 15,000 grant for five years. The district agreed by holding a money referendum on December 12, 1970. Unfortunately, the referendum failed to reach the minimum 60% voter approval that would potentially force
11433-558: The wild. Since 1991, BC Wildlife Park has released well over 500 juvenile burrowing owls back into their British Columbia grassland habitat and is an active member of the Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of British Columbia. As of now, BC Wildlife Park has the largest burrowing owl breeding facility in North America . Prior to 1980, British Columbia's burrowing owl population had almost been extirpated from
11544-490: The zoo, by constructing underground services in order to avoid unsightly overhead lines. Soon after BC Tel started installing the phone lines and roads were soon built. Construction of the zoo would only take two months to complete, and it was officially opened to the public on August 16, 1966. The first exhibits to be shown to the public was a 2-acre (8,100 m ) enclosure that featured two moose , Demitrius and his female companion, Gerda, and other enclosures that included
11655-460: Was completed for Monte Creek– Pritchard in 2015. Installed in 1911, the subsidised ferry connected residents on the north shore of the river with the railway and stores on the south shore. The 11-metre (36 ft) reaction ferry was guided by ropes stretched across river. At low water, when the current was weak, the operator either rowed or pulled upon the ropes. A motor was installed for this purpose in 1960. The scow could accommodate livestock,
11766-403: Was fatally run over by a passenger train. While awaiting its arrival, he had fallen asleep upon the mailbags, which lay against the side of the station platform. In 1929, four cars of a CP grain train derailed nearby. In 1939, when the westbound royal train made a water stop, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth came out onto the rear observation platform of their car and the king chatted with
11877-401: Was saved when the city of Kamloops amalgamated with other nearby municipalities in 1972. Through the merger of boundaries, the BC Wildlife Park were within the city's boundaries and responsibilities to discuss saving the park from closure. Since 1972, the BC Wildlife Park has gone through continual changes and enhancements through the support of volunteers and business professionals throughout
11988-399: Was still strong and support for his proposal was lukewarm as different questions were being asked on: How is he going to find a 100 acres (0.40 km )? Why not he start small with a few acres? How is he going to pay for it? Moelaert would admit that he did not have all the answers and reminded the audience at the public meeting that his purpose for this meeting was to start the formation of
12099-482: Was the western section of Monte Creek Rd and Bostock Rd (which extended past the western edge of the church site. The southern section of Monte Creek Rd was the highway to Vernon . The 1948–49 road upgrade was probably when Highway 1 was realigned along Old Ferry Rd (south of the train track) to pass north of the church, and the Highway 97 junction moved eastward, the road approximating the present exit curve onto Highway 1. To
12210-427: Was then the boundary of Kamloops. Molson officials showed interest in the park proposal, but wanted several reports from the society to show the zoo's viability. The main concern of Molson Breweries was that the zoo's project would become an eyesore for lack of funds and would reflect poorly on their company. With the society's bank account having only more than a few hundred dollars, convincing Molson Breweries that
12321-451: Was transported for burial. On crossing a log bridge at the creek, the coffin fell into the water and is believed to have been interred in the vicinity. One theory places the gravesite on a hillside about 400 metres (437 yd) east of Monte Creek. O'Keefe Ranch is about 13 kilometres (8 mi) northwest of Vernon . In 1872, Barnard's Express established a weekly stage on the new wagon road to this ranch via Kamloops and Ducks. In 1877,
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