Erickson
Erickson is an unincorporated community immediately to the east of Creston, British Columbia. It is home to many cherry and apple orchards and is located on Highway 3, also known as the Crowsnest Highway.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Erickson, British Columbia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kootenay River Secondary School and Columbia Brewery.
Kootenay River Secondary School
School
Kootenay River Secondary School is a public high school in Creston, British Columbia, Canada; part of School District 8 Kootenay Lake. The school provides a range of activities that students can enroll in, and many clubs as well. Kootenay River Secondary School is situated 3 km west of Erickson.
Columbia Brewery
Factory
The Columbia Brewery is a brewery that was a part of the Fort Steele Brewery, established in 1898 by Fritz Sick in Creston, British Columbia. Columbia Brewery is situated 3 km west of Erickson.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Creston.
Creston
Creston is a town of about 5,600 people in the West Kootenays, at the south end of Kootenay Lake in British Columbia.
Erickson
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.09066° or 49° 5′ 26″ north
Longitude
-116.46554° or 116° 27′ 56″ west
Elevation
647 metres (2,123 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CA EKO
Open location code
85X53GRM+7Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Erickson” goes by many names.
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