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Creston (Town) / Erickson / Sirdar

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Creston, BC (Nearby: Alice Siding, Erickson, Canyon, Lister, Arrow Creek)

238 - 10th Avenue North
Creston, British Columbia
V0B 1G0

British Columbia Tourism Region : Kootenay Rockies

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Known originally as Seventh Siding, during the construction of the CPR'S Crowsnest line, 1897-8.
When the CPR sought to buy land from Fred Little for a townsite here, he stipulated that the new town be named Creston after his hometown in Iowa.
Erickson - After E.G. Erickson (1857-1927), CPR superintendent at Cranbrook from 1904 to 1908.
Sirdar - Named after Field Marshal Lord Kitchener (1850-1916), who in 1892 was made sirdar (Commander-in-Chief) of the Egyptian army.
While sirdar he won the Battle of Omdurman (1898) and established British control over the Sudan as well as over Egypt.
With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.

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Nearby:	Alice Siding, 3km Lower Kootenay 1B, 3km Erickson / Kitchener, 3km Creston 1, 5km Lower Kootenay 2, 5km Canyon, 5km Lister, 6km Lower Kootenay 1C, 5km Lower Kootenay 1A, 8km Arrow Creek, 6km Lower Kootenay 3, 7km Wynndel, 10km Lower Kootenay 4, 8km Huscroft, 10km Rykerts, 11km Lower Kootenay 5, 9km Sirdar, 17km	McConnel, 14km Kitchener, 15km Kootenay Landing, 21km Kuskonook, 25km Goatfell, 24km Kianuko Park, 37km Kingsgate, 26km Glenlily, 26km Sanca, 36km Tye, 34km Curzon, 28km Kootenay Lake Park, 38km Yahk Park, 30km Yahk / Hawkins Creek / Moyie River / Yahk River, 31km Boswell, 43km Drewry Point Park, 41km Drewry, 43km	Lockhart Creek Park, 47km Ryan, 35km Ryan Park, 35km Lockhart Beach Park, 50km Stagleap Park, 39km Tochty, 40km Blake, 54km Meachen, 60km Gray Creek, 63km Pilot Bay Park, 66km Crawford Bay / Kootenay Lake / Pilot Bay, 69km Kootenay Bay, 70km Procter, 66km Balfour / Kokanee Creek / Queens Bay, 67km Walkers, 72km Queens Bay, 69km
Nearby Lakes and Mountains:	Arrow Mountain, 4km Rykerts Lake, 11km Leach Lake, 11km Mount Thompson, 10km Mount Rykert, 11km Iron Range Mountain, 13km Creston Mountain, 13km Duck Lake, 18km Mount Bohan, 24km Mount Huscroft, 17km Mount Kitchener, 18km Mount Midgeley, 18km Mount Skelly, 30km Mount Cowley, 26km Mount Dickson, 32km Hulme Peak, 23km Mount O'Neill, 31km	Steeple Mountain, 27km Jackson Peak, 36km Craig Peak, 38km Kootenay Mountain, 28km Mount Sherman, 37km Putnam Peak, 38km Mount Sommerfeld, 29km Wood Peak, 28km Mount Goodwin, 40km Haystack Mountain, 41km North Star Mountain, 28km Gillis Peak, 42km Akokli Mountain, 41km Boundary Lake, 29km Mount Armitage, 39km Mount Burnett, 33km Mount McGregor, 36km	Mount Davie, 43km Yeko Lake, 36km John Bull Mountain, 32km White Grouse Mountain, 48km Cooper Lake, 37km Mount McKay, 48km Ailsa Lake, 49km Mount Irene, 33km Mount Flett, 43km Mayo Lake, 49km Mount Pudifin, 45km Richmond Lake, 42km Snowcrest Mountain, 51km White Boar Lake, 49km Arkansas Lake, 34km Wall Mountain, 36km

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