Fort Steele
Fort Steele is a heritage site in the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. This visitor attraction lies on the east shore of the Kootenay River between the mouths of the St. Mary River and Wild Horse River.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Fort Steele, British Columbia”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Fort Steele
- Categories: open-air museum, village, and locality
- Location: East Kootenays, Kootenays, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.61667° or 49° 37′ north
Longitude
-115.63333° or 115° 38′ west
Elevation
782 metres (2,566 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CA FST
Open location code
85X6J988+MM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
OpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Swedish—“Fort Steele” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Fort Steele”
- Chinese: “斯提爾堡”
- Danish: “Fort Steele”
- Dutch: “Fort Steele”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فورت ستيل”
- Finnish: “Fort Steele”
- French: “fort Steele”
- French: “Fort Steele”
- German: “Fort Steele”
- Northern Sami: “Fort Steele”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Steele”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fort Steele”
- Persian: “فورت استیل، بریتیش کلمبیا”
- Swedish: “Fort Steele”
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