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Kootenays

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The Kootenays or Kootenay is a region of southeastern British Columbia. [1]

63 relations: Alberta, Arrow Lakes, Bonanza Pass, Boundary Country, British Columbia, Canadian Rockies, Castlegar, British Columbia, CIDO-FM, CJLY-FM, Columbia River, Columbia River drainage basin, Community radio, Cooperative, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Crawford Bay, British Columbia, Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area, Creston, British Columbia, Drainage basin, Eagle Pass (British Columbia), Elk Valley (British Columbia), Erickson, British Columbia, Fernie, British Columbia, First Nations, Flathead River, Fruitvale, British Columbia, Golden, British Columbia, Granby River, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Invermere, Kettle River (Columbia River tributary), Kicking Horse Pass, Kimberley, British Columbia, Kootenay, Kootenay Land District, Kootenay National Park, Kootenay River, Kutenai, List of electoral districts in the Kootenays, List of provincial parks of the Kootenays, Montrose, British Columbia, Nakusp, Nelson, British Columbia, Okanagan, Okanogan River, Purcell Mountains, Radium Hot Springs, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Robson, British Columbia, Rocky Mountain Trench, Rocky Mountains, ..., Rogers Pass (British Columbia), Rossland, British Columbia, Salmo River, Salmo, British Columbia, Selkirk Mountains, Silver rush, Similkameen Country, Slocan, British Columbia, Society, Trail, British Columbia, Warfield, British Columbia, Winlaw, Ymir, British Columbia. Expand index (13 more) »

Alberta

Alberta is a western province of Canada.

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Arrow Lakes

The Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada, divided into Upper Arrow Lake and Lower Arrow Lake, are widenings of the Columbia River.

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Bonanza Pass

Bonanza Pass, also known as the Blueberry-Paulson, is a mountain pass in the Monashee Mountains of British Columbia, Canada.

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Boundary Country

The Boundary Country is a historical designation for a district in southern British Columbia lying, as its name suggests, along the boundary between Canada and the United States.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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Canadian Rockies

The Canadian Rockies (Rocheuses canadiennes) comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains.

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Castlegar, British Columbia

Castlegar is the second largest community in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada.

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CIDO-FM

CIDO-FM, branded as Creston Community Radio, is a community radio station broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 20 watts in the Southern Interior town of Creston, British Columbia, Canada.

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CJLY-FM

CJLY-FM, known on-air as Kootenay Co-op Radio, is a Canadian community radio station, which broadcasts at 93.5 FM in Nelson, British Columbia.

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Columbia River

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

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Columbia River drainage basin

The Columbia River drainage basin is the drainage basin of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

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Community radio

Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting.

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Cooperative

A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise".

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Cranbrook, British Columbia

Cranbrook is a city in southeast British Columbia, Canada, located on the west side of the Kootenay River at its confluence with the St. Mary's River, It is the largest urban centre in the region known as the East Kootenay.

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Crawford Bay, British Columbia

Crawford Bay is a community of approximately 350 people, situated in the Purcell mountain range on the eastern shore of Kootenay Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.

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Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area

The Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area is a Canadian river delta wetland and Wildlife Management Area near Creston in south-central British Columbia, on the floodplain of the Kootenay River at the south end of Kootenay Lake.

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Creston, British Columbia

Creston is a town of 5,306 people in the Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.

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Eagle Pass (British Columbia)

Eagle Pass (elevation) is a mountain pass through the Gold Range of the Monashee Mountains in British Columbia, Canada.

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Elk Valley (British Columbia)

The Elk Valley is a valley in the southeastern Kootenay region of the Canadian province of British Columbia that runs via the basin of the Elk River from the southeastern Alberta border near Kananaskis to the Rocky Mountain Trench.

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Erickson, British Columbia

Erickson is an unincorporated community immediately to the east of Creston, British Columbia.

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Fernie, British Columbia

Fernie is a city in the Elk Valley area of the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located on BC Highway 3 on the eastern approaches to the Crowsnest Pass through the Rocky Mountains.

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First Nations

In Canada, the First Nations (Premières Nations) are the predominant indigenous peoples in Canada south of the Arctic Circle.

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Flathead River

The Flathead River (Salish: ntx̣ʷetkʷ, ntx̣ʷe), in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Montana, originates in the Canadian Rockies to the north of Glacier National Park and flows southwest into Flathead Lake, then after a journey of, empties into the Clark Fork.

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Fruitvale, British Columbia

Fruitvale is a village located in south-eastern British Columbia in the West Kootenay region.

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Golden, British Columbia

Golden is a town in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located west of Calgary, Alberta and east of Vancouver.

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Granby River

The Granby River is a tributary of the Kettle River in British Columbia, Canada, joining the Kettle just north of the Canada–United States border at the town of Grand Forks.

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Grand Forks, British Columbia

Grand Forks, population 4,049, is a city in the Boundary Country of the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada.

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Invermere

Invermere is a community in eastern British Columbia, Canada, near the border of Alberta.

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Kettle River (Columbia River tributary)

The Kettle River is a tributary of the Columbia River in northeastern Washington in the United States and southeastern British Columbia in Canada.

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Kicking Horse Pass

Kicking Horse Pass (el. 1627 m, 5339 ft) is a high mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Americas of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta/British Columbia border, and lying within Yoho and Banff National Parks.

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Kimberley, British Columbia

Kimberley is a city in southeast British Columbia, Canada along Highway 95A between the Purcell and Rocky Mountains.

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Kootenay

Kootenay, Kootenai, and Kutenai may refer to.

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Kootenay Land District

The Kootenay Land District is a cadastral survey subdivision of the province of British Columbia, Canada, created with rest of those on Mainland British Columbia via the Lands Act of the Colony of British Columbia in 1860.

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Kootenay National Park

Kootenay National Park is a national park located in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, and is one component of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site.

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Kootenay River

The Kootenay (Kootenai in the U.S. and historically called the Flatbow) is a major river in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, and northern Montana and Idaho in the United States.

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Kutenai

The Kutenai, also known as the Ktunaxa, Ksanka, Kootenay (in Canada) and Kootenai (in the United States), are an indigenous people of Canada and the United States.

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List of electoral districts in the Kootenays

Kootenay is a name found in various provincial and federal electoral districts in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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List of provincial parks of the Kootenays

The list of provincial parks of the Kootenays contains the provincial parks located within the geographical region in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

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Montrose, British Columbia

Montrose is a village located in south-eastern British Columbia in the West Kootenay region.

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Nakusp

The Village of Nakusp (Sinixt neqo'sp) is a village located on the shores of Upper Arrow Lake, a portion of the Columbia River, in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia.

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Nelson, British Columbia

Nelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the extreme West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.

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Okanagan

The Okanagan, also known as the Okanagan Valley and sometimes as the Okanagan Country, is a region in the Canadian province of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canadian portion of the Okanagan River.

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Okanogan River

The Okanogan River (known as the Okanagan River in Canada) is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 115 mi (185 km) long, in southern British Columbia and north central Washington.

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Purcell Mountains

The Purcell Mountains are a mountain range in southeastern British Columbia, Canada.

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Radium Hot Springs

Radium Hot Springs, informally and commonly called Radium, is a village of 776 residents situated in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia.

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Revelstoke, British Columbia

Revelstoke (is a city in southeastern British Columbia, Canada with a population of 6,719 in 2016. It is located east of Vancouver, and west of Calgary, Alberta. The city is situated on the banks of the Columbia River just south of the Revelstoke Dam and near its confluence with the Illecillewaet River. East of Revelstoke are the Selkirk Mountains and Glacier National Park, penetrated by Rogers Pass used by the Trans-Canada Highway and the Canadian Pacific Railway. South of the community down the Columbia River are the Arrow Lakes and the Kootenays. West of the city is Eagle Pass through the Monashee Mountains and the route to Shuswap Lake.

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Robson, British Columbia

Robson is an unincorporated settlement in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada.

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Rocky Mountain Trench

The Rocky Mountain Trench, also known as The Valley of a Thousand Peaks or simply the Trench, is a large valley in the northern part of the Rocky Mountains.

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Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America.

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Rogers Pass (British Columbia)

Rogers Pass (elevation) is a high mountain pass through the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia used by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans-Canada Highway.

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Rossland, British Columbia

Rossland is a city in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada.

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Salmo River

The Salmo River is a tributary of the Pend d'Oreille River in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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Salmo, British Columbia

Salmo is a village municipality in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada.

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Selkirk Mountains

The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle, eastern Washington, and southeastern British Columbia.

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Silver rush

A silver rush is the silver-mining equivalent of a gold rush, where the discovery of silver-bearing ore sparks a mass migration of individuals seeking wealth in the new mining region.

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Similkameen Country

The Similkameen Country, also referred to as the Similkameen Valley or Similkameen District, but generally referred to simply as The Similkameen or more archaically, Similkameen, is a region roughly coinciding with the basin of the river of the same name in the Southern Interior of British Columbia.

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Slocan, British Columbia

The Village of Slocan, historically also known as Slocan City, from Ktunaxa: sⱡuqan). is a village in the Slocan Valley of the West Kootenay region of the southeastern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the southern end of Slocan Lake, to the south of New Denver, which sits mid-way up the lake's eastern shore.

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Society

A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.

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Trail, British Columbia

Trail is a city in the West Kootenay region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada.

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Warfield, British Columbia

Warfield is a village located in southern British Columbia in the West Kootenay region.

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Winlaw

Winlaw is a small unincorporated community, located in the Slocan Valley region of the West Kootenay area in southeastern British Columbia, Canada.

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Ymir, British Columbia

Ymir is a small town in the Regional District of Central Kootenay of British Columbia, Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kootenays

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