[2] The Kettle Valley Railway included a spur line stretching from Merritt to Spences Bridge.

The ferry was replaced by a toll bridge built by Thomas Spence under government contract.

[5]: 251 In 1905, one of the worst landslides in BC history hit a First Nations village near Spences Bridge.

This was deemed necessary by British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure engineers due to the poor condition of the bridge.

Spences Bridge's location is mountainous, with higher elevations part of the Interior Plateau.

[10] Winters are short and moderately cold for usually brief periods and sunshine hours are very low for a couple of months, while summers are quite long, hot, sunny and dry – compared to the rest of Canada, albeit with comfortable nights.