Thompson Country

The region is characterized by sagebrush and rangeland, with benchlands flanking the Thompson's deepening canyon from Savona downstream.

Desert and, higher up, pine-covered mountains and hillsides flank the river and Kamloops Lake, which lies at the heart of the region.

Lytton often vies with other interior towns for the title of "Canada's Hot Spot", with summer temperatures regularly topping 38 °C (100 °F).

Since the nineteenth century, ranching has been the historic core of the economy in the South Thompson and the adjoining Nicola and Bonaparte countries.

The Douglas Lake Ranch, based in the Nicola Country but spanning the Thompson and including some of the Shuswap, is one of the world's largest.

Near Cache Creek, the historic Ashcroft Manor and Semlin Ranch and others were British military land-grants.