Creston, British Columbia

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Creston, British Columbia is a small town in the Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia known for its agriculture, especially fruit growing, and its scenic location in the Creston Valley near the U.S. border.

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Label Occurrences
Creston, British Columbia canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
area 8.52 square kilometres ⓘ
areaCodes 236 ⓘ
250 ⓘ
672 ⓘ
778 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation 1952 feet ⓘ
595 metres ⓘ
founded late 19th century ⓘ
governingBody Town of Creston Council ⓘ
hasAirport Creston Valley Regional Airport ⓘ
hasBrewery Columbia Brewery ⓘ
hasClimate humid continental climate ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction Creston Museum and Archives ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Adam Robertson Elementary School ⓘ
Prince Charles Secondary School ⓘ
hasMayor Arnold DeBoon ⓘ
hasRecreationFacility Creston and District Community Complex ⓘ
hasTransportation Crowsnest Highway ⓘ
Highway 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatedAsTown 1924 ⓘ
knownFor agriculture ⓘ
dairy farming ⓘ
fruit growing ⓘ
grain farming ⓘ
orchards ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Creston Valley ⓘ
Kootenay region ⓘ
southeastern British Columbia ⓘ
locatedInRegionalDistrict Regional District of Central Kootenay ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedInValley Creston Valley ⓘ
locatedNear Canada–United States border ⓘ
Idaho ⓘ
nearLake Kootenay Lake ⓘ
nearProtectedArea Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area ⓘ
nearRiver Kootenay River ⓘ
population approximately 5,300 ⓘ
populationCensusYear 2021 ⓘ
postalCodePrefix V0B ⓘ
producesProduct Kokanee beer ⓘ
region Central Kootenay ⓘ
servedByRailway Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ
settlementType town ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime false ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Columbia Highway 3 → connects → Creston, British Columbia ⓘ
Regional District of Central Kootenay → hasTown → Creston, British Columbia ⓘ
Kootenay Lake → hasCommunityOnShore → Creston, British Columbia ⓘ
Kootenay Lake → locatedNear → Creston, British Columbia ⓘ
Kootenay region → contains → Creston, British Columbia ⓘ
Cranbrook → hasNeighbouringCommunity → Creston, British Columbia ⓘ
British Columbia Highway 21 → terminusNorth → Creston, British Columbia ⓘ
British Columbia Highway 21 → connectsTo → Creston, British Columbia ⓘ