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Grand Forks (Thompson Okanagan, V0H 1H0)
1. Grand Forks (City) / Burrell Creek / Granby River Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (250) 442-8266 - Leave a Public Review
After the Hon. Martin Burrell, a fruitgrower who became, successively, mayor of Grand Forks, an MP, federal Minister of Agriculture, and Librarian of the Parliamentary Library in Ottawa.
2. Niagara / Brown Creek Your Host(s): Canada Post, - Leave a Public Review
It and nearby Volcanic Creek commemorate 'Volcanic' Brown, a colourful prospector who perished while seeking a 'lost mine.'
3. Phoenix Your Host(s): Post Office, - Leave a Public Review
Phoenix - The mining town that grew up here around 1900 took its name from the Phoenix claim.
  4. Almond Gardens Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  5. Boothman's Oxbow Park - Leave a Public Review
  6. Carson Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  7. Gilpin Grasslands Park - Leave a Public Review
  8. Nursery Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  9. Rhone Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  10. Billings (Christina Lake, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  11. Cascade (Christina Lake, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
12. Christina Lake / Italy Creek / Sandner Creek / Stewart Creek / Sutherland Creek / Xenia Lake (Christina Lake, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Named, apparently around 1860, after Christina, the mixed-blood daughter of Angus McDonald, the HBC factor at Fort Colvile.
  13. Christina Lake Park (Christina Lake, 17km) - Leave a Public Review
  14. Fife (Christina Lake, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
15. Gilpin (Christina Lake, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Gilpin - After Ralph Gilpin, first customs officer in Grand Forks, 1884, and local farmer.
  16. Gladstone Park (Christina Lake, 17km) - Leave a Public Review
  17. Paulson (Christina Lake, 17km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  18. Anaconda (Greenwood, 18km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  19. Boundary Creek Park (Greenwood, 18km) - Leave a Public Review
  20. Boundary Falls (Greenwood, 18km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  21. Deadwood (Greenwood, 18km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
22. Eholt / Rock Candy Creek (Greenwood, 18km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Eholt - After Louis Eholt, who began ranching in the area around 1890. Eholt was a busy rail centre during the mining activity at Phoenix and elsewhere early in the twentieth century.
23. Greenwood (City) / Henderson Creek (Greenwood, 18km) Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (250) 445-6644 - Leave a Public Review
Greenwood - Writing to the Chief Geographer of Canada in 1905, R.A. Brown reported that Greenwood was named after another mining camp, Greenwood, Colorado.
  24. Jewel Lake Park (Greenwood, 18km) - Leave a Public Review