Elko
Elko is located at the junction of Highway 93 and the Crowsnest Highway, to the north of the Roosville Canada–United States border crossing. A small sawmill town, Elko is situated near the southern end of the Rocky Mountain Trench at the edge of a plateau at the base of the Canadian Rockies, in the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia.Elko
- Type: Village with 163 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: East Kootenays, Kootenays, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.29655° or 49° 17′ 48″ north
Longitude
-115.11034° or 115° 6′ 37″ west
Population
163
Elevation
944 metres (3,097 feet)
Open location code
85X67VWQ+JV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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- German: “Elko”
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