1. Crescent Valley / Norns Range
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Norns Range - The Norns were the Fates in Scandinavian mythology. |
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2. Krestova
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Krestova - When the Doukhobors, a Russian religious sect, settled here, they named their community Krestova, meaning 'the place of the cross.' |
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3. New Settlement
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4. Shoreacres
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5. Tarrys
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6. Blewett (South Slocan, 3km)
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7. Bonnington Falls (South Slocan, 3km)
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8. Corra Linn (South Slocan, 3km)
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9. Playmor Junction (South Slocan, 3km)
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10. South Slocan / Bonnington Falls (South Slocan, 3km)
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After Bonnington Linn, a waterfall on the Scottish estate of Sir Charles Ross, baronet (1872-1942), first president of the West Kootenay Power & Light Co. |
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11. Passmore (Slocan Park, 9km)
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12. Slocan Park (Slocan Park, 9km)
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13. Vallican (Slocan Park, 9km)
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14. Appledale (Winlaw, 19km)
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15. Donald / Mount Freshfield (Winlaw, 19km)
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Donald - After Donald A. Smith, who became Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, director of the CPR during and after construction. (For further biographical detail, see Strathcona Park.) |
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16. Lebahdo (Winlaw, 19km)
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17. Nicholson (Winlaw, 19km)
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18. Oasis (Winlaw, 19km)
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19. Perrys (Winlaw, 19km)
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20. Winlaw / Koch Creek / Lebahdo (Winlaw, 19km)
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Koch Creek - After William C.E. Koch, a 'well and favourably known' local settler and sawmill operator. When a post office was opened at the CPR'S Koch Siding, he became postmaster. |
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21. Brilliant (Castlegar, 16km)
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According to A.M. Evalenko, when the Doukhobors came to the Kootenays, they gave their first settlement 'the name of the Valley of Consolation, Village of Brilliant, from a brilliant diamond of the first water, |
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22. Castlegar (City) / Nancy Greene Lake (Castlegar, 16km)
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The available evidence favours the derivation of Castlegar from 'Castle Garden,' an immigration station in New York state. However, there is a Castlegar in Ireland. |
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23. Deer Park (Castlegar, 16km)
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24. Gibson Creek (Castlegar, 16km)
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25. Kinnaird (Castlegar, 16km)
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Kinnaird - About 1904 the CPR set up a 'box car station' here and named it Kinnaird after Lord Kinnaird, a shareholder in the company. Kinnaird was amalgamated with Castlegar in 1974. |
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26. Ootischenia (Castlegar, 16km)
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27. Pass Creek (Castlegar, 16km)
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28. Raspberry (Castlegar, 16km)
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29. Renata (Castlegar, 16km)
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30. Robson West (Castlegar, 16km)
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31. Rockyview (Castlegar, 16km)
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32. Thrums (Castlegar, 16km)
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Thrums - After the Scottish village that is the scene of Sir James Barrie's A Window in Thrums (1889). |
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33. Westley (Castlegar, 16km)
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34. Coykendahl (Robson, 16km)
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35. Nancy Greene Park (Robson, 16km)
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36. Robson / Deer Park / Mount Freya / Hugh Keenleyside Dam (Robson, 16km)
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In 1889, when G.M. Dawson published his geological survey of the area, he noted: |
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37. Syringa Park (Robson, 16km)
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38. Atbara (Nelson, 19km)
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39. Beasley (Nelson, 19km)
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40. Blake (Nelson, 19km)
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