Balfour / Kokanee Creek / Queens Bay
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Balfour, BC (Nearby: Procter, Queens Bay, Sunshine Bay, Harrop, Kootenay Bay)

  • Balfour
  • Kokanee Creek
  • Queens Bay

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Balfour, British Columbia
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British Columbia Tourism Region : Kootenay Rockies

Description From Owner:
  • In 1895 Lady Aberdeen noted in her diary, 'Opposite Pilot Bay a gentleman of the name of Balfour has built a private residence just because of the beauty of the place. And he is fully justified.'
  • Balfour was superintendent of bridges during construction of the CPR's Crowsnest line.
  • Kokanee Creek - From the Okanagan Indian word meaning 'little salmon,' applied to the landlocked sockeye salmon. (See also Kickininee Park.)
  • Queens Bay - Named in honour of Queen Victoria by the English who settled here around the end of the nineteenth century.
  • With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.


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  • The Pyramids, 20km
  • Sunrise Mountain, 24km
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