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South Okanagan—West Kootenay was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015. [3] Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed ...
The nearest settlements are Argenta, to the west, and Invermere to the east. The park encompasses several large drainages in their entirety, and contains the headwaters of several other large streams and rivers. On the western side of the park, Hamill, Fry, and Carney Creeks flow into Kootenay Lake and the Kootenay River system.
In late 1863, a group led by Joe Findlay were gold panning at the river mouth. Observing either a black wild stallion or a cayuse on the hillside, which possibly showed interest in one of their mares, they called the stream Stud Horse Creek. [3] [4] A year or two later, the official rename was Wild Horse Creek. [5]
It then follows west along the Annapolis Valley as far as Brier Island on the Digby Neck. Within the Bay of Fundy are two basins: Chignecto Bay which begins at Fort Lawrence and ends at Cape Chignecto, and the Minas Basin that encompasses everything east of Ramshead Point (near Diligent River ) and Cape Split .
There are four ridings established by the British North America Act of 1867 that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce , Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North . These ridings, however, have experienced territorial changes since ...
West Arm Provincial Park: Central Kootenay 26,199 64,740 1995 Whiteswan Lake Provincial Park ...
The primary agricultural region is the Kootenai Valley of northern Idaho south of Kootenay Lake. [101] The West Kootenay, however, is transitioning from a coal-mining to a tourism-based economy, [108] and the rest of the Kootenay region is also starting to do so. The economy of southeastern British Columbia is becoming increasingly reliant on ...
Common canoe routes in the park include a loop connecting Big Dam, Frozen Ocean, and Channel Lakes, and the lakes south and west of Kejmkujik Lake, including Peskowesk and Peskawa lakes. From Peskawa Lake, it is possible to reach the Shelburne River and enter the Tobeatic Wilderness Area, located just outside the park. [14]