Cook’s Ferry

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Cook’s Ferry is the former name of the small community now known as Spences Bridge in British Columbia, Canada, historically associated with a ferry crossing on the Thompson River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former place name
historic community
associatedWithFirstNation Cook’s Ferry Indian Band
associatedWithIndigenousGroup Nlakaʼpamux
associatedWithInfrastructure ferry
associatedWithPeople settlers in the Thompson River valley
country Canada
formerNameOf Spences Bridge
geographicFeatureType river crossing site
settlement
hasCurrentName Spences Bridge
historicalEra 19th century
early settlement period of British Columbia
historicalFunction ferry crossing
locatedIn British Columbia
Thompson-Nicola Regional District
locatedInRegion Interior of British Columbia
Nicola Country
locatedNear confluence of the Nicola River and Thompson River
locatedOnRiver Thompson River
locatedOnTransportCorridor Thompson River corridor
namedAfter Cook’s ferry operation on the Thompson River
nearbyFirstNationCommunity Cook’s Ferry Indian Band
province British Columbia
region Thompson Country
replacedBy bridge at Spences Bridge
toponymStatus disused name
historic name
transportContext pre-bridge river transport
transportRole river crossing point

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