Elkford
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Elkford is a district municipality in the southeast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia in the Rocky Mountain range. It is north of the junction at Sparwood, on provincial Highway 43. Outdoor recreational activities take place in Elkford throughout the year. Elkford hosts an annual festival called Wildcat Days during the last weekend of June.
Key facts
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- Elkford
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- District of Elkford
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- District municipality
- Settlement.motto
- Wild at Heart
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- Canada British Columbia#CAN BC East Kootenay
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- Location in British Columbia##Location in the RD of East Kootenay
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- 220
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- Country
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- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
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- British Columbia
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- Regional district
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- East Kootenay
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- Governing body
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- Elkford Council
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- Incorporated
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1971
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 101.59
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Elkford is a district municipality in the southeast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia in the Rocky Mountain range. It is north of the junction at Sparwood, on provincial Highway 43. Outdoor recreational activities take place in Elkford throughout the year. Elkford hosts an annual festival called Wildcat Days during the last weekend of June.
The town and area have many kilometres of horse riding, hiking, snowmobiling and cross country ski trails, and a ski hill, Wapiti, run by Elkford resident volunteers. The Elkford Aquatic Centre has a competition-size pool, hot tub and sauna.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elkford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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