Merritt
Officially designated Canada's Country Music Capital, Merritt is a small city in British Columbia's Nicola Valley where the Nicola and Coldwater rivers meet. Dozens of bronzed handprints of country music stars line the streets, a legacy of the former Merritt Mountain Music Festival. The surrounding area holds four provincial parks, over a hundred lakes, and recreational trails, with the city sitting at a major highway junction that connects the Lower Mainland to the Okanagan.
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- Population7,139
- Nearest water from center 0.2 km0.1 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 7.7 km4.8 mi
Nearest airports
Nearest train stations
Merritt: quick answers
Where is Merritt?
Merritt is in Canada.
How do you get to Merritt?
The nearest airport is Merritt (YMB), about 12 min away by road. The nearest train station is Kamloops, about 1 hr 9 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Merritt?
The warmest month is July, averaging 16°C61°F across day and night; the coolest is December, at -6°C21°F. The wettest month is November, with about 92 mm3.6 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Merritt?
OpenStreetMap lists 4 museums, 3 restaurants, 3 cafés and 9 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.