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.- Type: Village with 493 residents
- Description: human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Balfour (Colombie-Britannique)” and “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″ north
Longitude
-116.96173° or 116° 57′ 42″ west
Population
493
Elevation
536 metres (1,759 feet)
Open location code
85X5J2FQ+X8
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Balfour” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Balfour”
- Dutch: “Balfour, British Columbia”
- 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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