Three Forks
Three Forks is a ghost town at the junction of Carpenter, Seaton, and Kane creeks in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. This former mining community, on BC Highway 31A, is by road about 8 kilometres east of New Denver and 38 kilometres west of Kaslo.- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Three Forks, British Columbia”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandon and Zincton.
Sandon
Hamlet
Sandon is in the foothills of the Selkirk Mountains in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The near ghost town lies off BC Highway 31A, and is at the confluence of Sandon Creek into Carpenter Creek. Sandon is situated 6 km southeast of Three Forks.
Zincton
Locality
Zincton is a ghost town in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. This former mining community, on BC Highway 31A, is by road about 15 kilometres northeast of New Denver and 31 kilometres northwest of Kaslo. Zincton is situated 6 km northeast of Three Forks.
New Denver
New Denver is a village of about 500 people in the West Kootenays of British Columbia on the east shore of Slocan Lake. It hosted an internment camp for people with ancestry in enemy nations during World War II; some attractions in the town relate to that time.Three Forks
- Category: ghost town
- Location: Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.01222° or 50° 0′ 44″ north
Longitude
-117.28501° or 117° 17′ 6″ west
Elevation
937 metres (3,074 feet)
Open location code
95242P67+VX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Egyptian Arabic—“Three Forks” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Three Forks, British Columbia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ثرى فوركس”
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