LITTLE FORT

LITTLE FORT

Is a small hamlet, located at the junction of Highways #24 and the Yellowhead Highway (Highway #5) and along the North Thompson River.

It is known as the hub of the North Thompson Valley. Little Fort relies on traffic on the Yellowhead Highway, while relying on traditional industries like hay farming, and fishing resorts. The community is located approximately halfway between Clearwater and Barriere and is named after a Hudson’s Bay Company trading post fort that was an outpost of Fort Kamloops. Abandoned since 1952, the post was essentially a small cabin located on the eastern banks of the North Thompson River.

The settlement has a gas station, campground, restaurant, pub, café, supermarket, fly tackle shop, craft store, liquor store and other amenities as well as a aerial tramway that operates across the North Thompson River.  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Little Fort’s population: 444