HEFFLEY CREEK

HEFFLEY CREEK

Is a small community located just 26 kilometers north of Kamloops along the Yellowhead Highway (Highway #5). It is bordered on the west by the North Thompson River, the east by Sun Peaks Ski Resort, the north by Vinsulla and to the south by the Kamloops neighborhood of Rayleigh. It is named after Adam Heffley a pioneer settler whom unsuccessfully brought 2 dozen camels to British Columbia and used them as pack animals during the Cariboo Gold Rush. A sawmill was established at Heffley Creek in 1951 and in the 1970s it added a small plywood plant and once employed as much as 300 people by the time the 20th century ended when it was eventually sold to Tolko Industries. Heffley Creek today as a school, a privately-owned gas station, community hall, and small general store and its main economic benefactors and industries include that of agriculture and logging. Even though it is its own community, most residents of Heffley Creek work in Kamloops.

HEFFLEY CREEK’S POPULATION: 848