Balfour
Balfour is an unincorporated community in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The ferry terminal and former steamboat landing is on the north shore at the entrance to the West Arm of Kootenay Lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 493 residents
- Description: human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Balfour, British Columbia”
Balfour
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.62494° or 49° 37′ 30″ northLongitude
-116.96173° or 116° 57′ 42″ westPopulation
493Elevation
536 metres (1,759 feet)Open location code
85X5J2FQ+X8OpenStreetMap ID
node 51971004OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
5892174Wikidata ID
Q2880798
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Balfour” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Balfour”
- Dutch: “Balfour, British Columbia”
- French: “Balfour (Colombie-Britannique)”
- French: “Balfour”
- Irish: “Balfour”
- Japanese: “バルフォー (ブリティッシュコロンビア州)”
- Swedish: “Balfour, British Columbia”
- Swedish: “Balfour”
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