Sunlight Creek

Sunlight Creek is a stream in , and has an elevation of 992 metres. Sunlight Creek is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the locality .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Invermere and Wilmer.

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is a popular year-round tourist and recreation destination in the Columbia River Valley of southeastern in the nestled between the to the east and the Purcell Mountains to the west.

Village
is a small settlement near , . The settlement was originally known as Peterborough and was founded in 1886. The explorer David Thompson founded a Northwest trading company post near the present-day site of after crossing the Rockies via Howse Pass in 1807. is situated 8 km north of Sunlight Creek.

Sunlight Creek

Latitude
50.46666° or 50° 28′ north
Longitude
-116.06878° or 116° 4′ 8″ west
Elevation
992 metres (3,255 feet)
Open location code
9525FW8J+MF
Geo­Names ID
6159553
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