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Elkford
Coal mining community in British Columbia
Coal mining community in British Columbia
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Elkford |
| official_name | District of Elkford |
| settlement_type | District municipality |
| motto | Wild at Heart |
| image_map | |
| pushpin_map | Canada British Columbia#CAN BC East Kootenay |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in British Columbia##Location in the RD of East Kootenay |
| pushpin_mapsize | 220 |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | British Columbia |
| subdivision_type2 | Regional district |
| subdivision_name2 | East Kootenay |
| leader_title | Governing body |
| leader_name | Elkford Council |
| leader_title1 | |
| established_title | |
| established_title2 | Incorporated |
| established_date2 | 1971 |
| established_title3 | |
| area_total_km2 | 101.59 |
| area_land_km2 | |
| population_as_of | 2016 |
| population_total | 2,499 |
| timezone | MST |
| utc_offset | -7 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 1300 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code span |
| postal_code | V0B 1H0 |
| area_code | 250 / 778 / 236: 250-865 778-521 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | |
| website |
Elkford is a district municipality in the southeast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia in the Rocky Mountain range. It is 32 km 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.
There are two public schools Rocky Mountain Elementary School and Elkford Secondary School with a combined student population of 400 in January 2006.
There are five open-pit coal mines within an hour's drive of Elkford: Fording River Operations (FRO), Greenhills Operations (GHO), Line Creek Operations (LCO), Elkview Operations (EVO) and Coal Mountain Operations (CMO). All mines belong to Elk Valley Resources. Elkford was created due to mining activity, in the early 1970s. Many Elkford residents work for the mines or as contractors; other residents work in service industries directly related to the mines. The Fording River Operations (FRO) mine is located on the Continental Divide of the Americas, known as the Great Divide.
A coal seam close to Aldridge Creek, north of Elkford, has been burning for decades and is known to residents of the area as "The Burning Coal Seam."
Climate
Fording River weather station, near Elkford, has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). |Jan record high C = 10.6 |Feb record high C = 12.0 |Mar record high C = 16.5 |Apr record high C = 24.4 |May record high C = 28.0 |Jun record high C = 35.0 |Jul record high C = 37.5 |Aug record high C = 36.7 |Sep record high C = 32.5 |Oct record high C = 25.5 |Nov record high C = 13.3 |Dec record high C = 10.0 |year record high C = |Jan record low C = -41.0 |Feb record low C = -39.0 |Mar record low C = -33.0 |Apr record low C = -26.1 |May record low C = -15.0 |Jun record low C = -6.1 |Jul record low C = -3.0 |Aug record low C = -6.0 |Sep record low C = -12.2 |Oct record low C = -25.6 |Nov record low C = -36.5 |Dec record low C = -49.0 |year record low C =
Demographics
In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Elkford had a population of 2,749 living in 1,159 of its 1,602 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,499. With a land area of 108.12 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
Religion
According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Elkford included:
- Irreligion (1,530 persons or 55.7%)
- Christianity (1,195 persons or 43.5%)
- Buddhism (10 persons or 0.4%)
- Other (10 persons or 0.4%)
Local media
Radio stations
- 99.1 FM - CJDR, Classic Rock
- 92.7 FM - CFBZ, Country
- 97.7 FM - CBTN, CBC Radio
- 106.9 FM - CJAY, Rock
- 90.1 FM - ..., Hip-hop/Hits
- 93.5 FM rock
- 92.9 FM rock
- 107.9 FM summit 107
Cable television stations
- Channel 10: Shaw TV
- Channel 5: CFCN, CTV
- Channel 13: CBUT, CBC
In popular culture
Elkford is the setting of Braceface, an animated children's television series that aired in the early 2000s.
References
References
- "British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address". British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100721032957/http://www.tourismelkford.ca/Burning%20Coal%20Seam.html Elkford Chamber of Commerce]
- (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), British Columbia". [[Statistics Canada]].
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2022-10-26). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population".
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