Coal Creek
Coal Creek is a tributary of the Elk River. Their confluence is in the city of Fernie, British Columbia. Coal Creek passes through its namesake, Coal Creek, British Columbia, today a ghost town.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fernie and Coal Creek.
Fernie
Photo: Jmh649, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fernie is a town of 5,200 people in British Columbia that is fully encircled by the Rocky Mountains. It began as a mining town, but its location in the Canadian Rockies has led to the development of the Fernie Alpine Resort.
Coal Creek
Locality
Coal Creek is a ghost town near Fernie, British Columbia, Canada. During the 1950s, residents left the town due to the closure of a mine. Some parts of the town remain, but most have been overtaken by forest.
Coal Creek
- Type: River
- Description: watercourse in Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: stream and body of water
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.49631° or 49° 29′ 47″ northLongitude
-115.06653° or 115° 3′ 60″ westElevation
996 metres (3,268 feet)Open location code
85X6FWWM+G9OpenStreetMap ID
way 175366190OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
5924405Wikidata ID
Q5137718
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Coal Creek” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Coal Creek”
- Dutch: “Coal Creek”
- French: “Coal Creek”
- German: “Coal Creek”
- Italian: “Coal Creek”
- Swedish: “Coal Creek”
- “Coal Creek”
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