The Nicola River has  a short piece that comes from Nicola Lake to Merritt’s west entrance and joins with the Coldwater River  a distance of less then 20 kilometers. The river then continues to Spence’s bridge then into the Thompson river  on its way to the Fraser and the sea It actually begins about 30 kilometers north-west of Kelowna draining The Thompson Plateau and connecting historic Douglas lake with Nicola lake.

The piece in Merritt includes a meander through the Golf Course and some ranch land  it is home to many bird and animal species including the mallard I entered in the Consumer Protection BC contest. Deer and red fox are reported as being seen often and many deer tracks come to the river and then return to the hills about town.

You can vote for our duck photo once a day on about page 17  of the Consumer Protection BC face book page till the voting ends on the 23’rd of September.

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Today in history,Sept 15 1944

President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill meet in Quebec to make strategy at the Octagon Conference.