1. Crescent Valley / Norns Range (Crescent Valley, 4km)
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Norns Range - The Norns were the Fates in Scandinavian mythology. |
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2. Krestova (Crescent Valley, 4km)
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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 (Crescent Valley, 4km)
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4. Shoreacres (Crescent Valley, 4km)
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5. Tarrys (Crescent Valley, 4km)
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6. Blewett (South Slocan, 6km)
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7. Bonnington Falls (South Slocan, 6km)
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8. Corra Linn (South Slocan, 6km)
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9. Playmor Junction (South Slocan, 6km)
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10. South Slocan / Bonnington Falls (South Slocan, 6km)
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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, 13km)
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12. Slocan Park (Slocan Park, 13km)
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13. Vallican (Slocan Park, 13km)
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14. Brilliant (Castlegar, 14km)
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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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15. Castlegar (City) / Nancy Greene Lake (Castlegar, 14km)
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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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16. Deer Park (Castlegar, 14km)
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17. Gibson Creek (Castlegar, 14km)
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18. Kinnaird (Castlegar, 14km)
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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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19. Ootischenia (Castlegar, 14km)
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20. Pass Creek (Castlegar, 14km)
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21. Raspberry (Castlegar, 14km)
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22. Renata (Castlegar, 14km)
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23. Robson West (Castlegar, 14km)
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24. Rockyview (Castlegar, 14km)
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25. Thrums (Castlegar, 14km)
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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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26. Westley (Castlegar, 14km)
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27. Coykendahl (Robson, 15km)
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28. Nancy Greene Park (Robson, 15km)
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29. Robson / Deer Park / Mount Freya / Hugh Keenleyside Dam (Robson, 15km)
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In 1889, when G.M. Dawson published his geological survey of the area, he noted: |
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30. Syringa Park (Robson, 15km)
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31. Atbara (Nelson, 19km)
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32. Beasley (Nelson, 19km)
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33. Blake (Nelson, 19km)
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34. Crescent Bay (Nelson, 19km)
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35. Drewry (Nelson, 19km)
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36. Fraser (Nelson, 19km)
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37. Grohman Narrows Park (Nelson, 19km)
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38. Hall (Nelson, 19km)
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39. Kokanee Creek Park (Nelson, 19km)
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40. Mountain Station (Nelson, 19km)
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