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Oct. 26—GRAND FORKS — The children's department at the Grand Forks Public Library will be "alive with the colors of nature," Library Board President Brad Sherwood said, once remodeling is ...
Mar. 31—The Friends of the Grand Forks Public Library organization is hosting a "modified" book sale from Thursday, April 1, through Wednesday, April 7, except Easter Sunday, April 4. Instead of ...
Over time, Grand Forks has gradually expanded in population and now has 4,049 residents within its city limits. The greater rural area, (Area D of the Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary), has another ~3,500 residents. In May 2018 Grand Forks, and the Boundary region as a whole, were affected by flooding of the Kettle and Granby Rivers.
Mar. 30—A subcommittee of Grand Forks City Council members is set to consider a unified, or at least a more uniform, system by which residents are appointed to the city's assortment of unelected ...
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) is one of 28 regional districts in the province of British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2016 Canadian census , the population was 31,447. The area is 8,095.62 km 2 (3,125.74 sq mi).
Volcanic City was on the east side of the Granby River, near Volcanic Creek, in the Boundary region of south central British Columbia. [1] The ghost town is about 18 kilometres (11 mi) by road north of Grand Forks, via North Fork Rd.
In 1909, the Doukhobor Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood (CCUB) purchased 1,600 hectares (4,000 acres) in the Grand Forks area. [8] On Reservoir Rd, about 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) south of the former village, is the Fructova Heritage Site. The property includes the former Doukhobor school, which was open 1929–1949.
The Bulldog Tunnel, which carried the former Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) southern main line under Bulldog Mountain, is in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. By rail, the tunnel was 71.3 kilometres (44.3 mi) northeast of Grand Forks, and 39.8 kilometres (24.7 mi) west of Castlegar. [1]