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1. Crescent Valley / Norns Range (Crescent Valley, 7km)
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Norns Range - The Norns were the Fates in Scandinavian mythology. |
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2. Krestova (Crescent Valley, 7km)
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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.' |
| 3. New Settlement (Crescent Valley, 7km)
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| 4. Shoreacres (Crescent Valley, 7km)
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| 5. Tarrys (Crescent Valley, 7km)
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| 6. Blewett (South Slocan, 10km)
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7. Bonnington Falls (South Slocan, 10km)
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| 8. Corra Linn (South Slocan, 10km)
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| 9. Playmor Junction (South Slocan, 10km)
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10. South Slocan / Bonnington Falls (South Slocan, 10km)
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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. Brilliant (Castlegar, 11km)
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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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12. Castlegar (City) / Nancy Greene Lake (Castlegar, 11km)
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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. |
| 13. Deer Park (Castlegar, 11km)
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| 14. Gibson Creek (Castlegar, 11km)
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15. Kinnaird (Castlegar, 11km)
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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. |
| 16. Ootischenia (Castlegar, 11km)
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| 17. Pass Creek (Castlegar, 11km)
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| 18. Raspberry (Castlegar, 11km)
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| 19. Renata (Castlegar, 11km)
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| 20. Robson West (Castlegar, 11km)
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| 21. Rockyview (Castlegar, 11km)
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22. Thrums (Castlegar, 11km)
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Thrums - After the Scottish village that is the scene of Sir James Barrie's A Window in Thrums (1889). |
| 23. Westley (Castlegar, 11km)
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| 24. Passmore (Slocan Park, 16km)
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| 25. Slocan Park (Slocan Park, 16km)
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| 26. Vallican (Slocan Park, 16km)
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| 27. Coykendahl (Robson, 12km)
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| 28. Nancy Greene Park (Robson, 12km)
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29. Robson / Deer Park / Mount Freya / Hugh Keenleyside Dam (Robson, 12km)
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In 1889, when G.M. Dawson published his geological survey of the area, he noted: |
| 30. Syringa Park (Robson, 12km)
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