6712 Savona Access Road, Savona, BC, Canada

I grew up in Savona BC, a small town with a population of 700. Savona is located on the shores of beautiful Kamloops Lake, just 32 kilometres west of Kamloops. Savona is named after Francois Savona who in 1859 established a ferry service across the Thompson River where it flows out of Kamloops Lake.

Between 1865 and 1885, Savona was the eastern terminus of the BX Stage Coach Line. In addition, it was the western terminus of two steamship lines that provided regular service to Kamloops and ports on the Shuswap Lakes.

The first steamboat ever built in the interior of British Columbia, the Martin, was launched in Savona. The steamship era came to an end when the track of the Canadian Pacific Railroad reached Savona from Port Moody in 1885.