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The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. In the 2016 census, the population was 60,439. Its area is 27,542.69 km 2 (10,634.29 sq mi). The regional district offices are in Cranbrook, the largest community in the region.
The Kootenays are more or less defined by the Kootenay Land District, though some variation exists in terms of what areas are or are not a part.The strictest definition of the region is the drainage basin of the lower Kootenay River from its re-entry into Canada near Creston, through to its confluence with the Columbia at Castlegar (illustrated by a, right).
Cranbrook (/ ˈ k r æ n b r ʊ k / KRAN-bruuk) is a city in southeast British Columbia, Canada, located approximately 10 km southwest of the confluence of the Kootenay River and the St. Mary's River. [6] It is the largest urban centre in the region known as the East Kootenay.
As of the 2020 provincial election, Kootenay East comprised the southern portion of the Regional District of East Kootenay. It is located in southeastern British Columbia and is bordered by Alberta to the east and Montana, United States to the south. Communities in the electoral district consist of Cranbrook, Fernie, Sparwood, and Elkford. [2]
The list of provincial parks of the Kootenays contains the provincial parks located within this geographic region of the province of British Columbia.It includes parks from the three regional districts of East Kootenay, Central Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary.
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The East Kootenay is the most important coal-producing area of British Columbia, [105] has since 1898 produced over 500 million tons, [105] and about 25 percent of the world's steel-making coal comes from the region. [106] Most of the coal from the East Kootenay coalfields is exported to Japan and Korea. [107]