Fernie

Fernie is a town of 5,200 people in that is fully encircled by the Rocky Mountains. It began as a mining town, but its location in the Canadian Rockies has led to the development of the Fernie Alpine Resort.
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  • Type: City with 6,320 residents
  • Description: city in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Fernie, British Columbia”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coal Creek.

Locality
is a ghost town near Fernie, British Columbia, Canada. During the 1950s, residents left the town due to the closure of a mine. Some parts of the town remain, but most have been overtaken by forest.

Fernie

Latitude
49.5042° or 49° 30′ 15″ north
Longitude
-115.0629° or 115° 3′ 46″ west
Population
6,320
Elevation
996 metres (3,268 feet)
UN/LOCODE
CA FNI
Open location code
85X6GW3P+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 51969585
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5952370
Wiki­data ID
Q204442
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Fernie” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فرني”
  • Asturian: “Fernie”
  • Bulgarian: “Ферние”
  • Catalan: “Fernie”
  • Cebuano: “Fernie”
  • Chinese: “弗尼”
  • Czech: “Fernie”
  • Danish: “Fernie”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Fernie, Kolombiyay Britanya”
  • Dutch: “Fernie”
  • French: “Fernie”
  • German: “Fernie”
  • Hebrew: “פרני”
  • Italian: “Fernie”
  • Japanese: “ファーニー”
  • Korean: “퍼니”
  • Persian: “فرنی، بریتیش کلمبیا”
  • Persian: “فرنی”
  • Polish: “Fernie”
  • Portuguese: “Fernie”
  • Russian: “Ферни”
  • Serbian: “Ферни (Британска Колумбија)”
  • Serbian: “Ферни”
  • Slovak: “Fernie”
  • Spanish: “Fernie”
  • Swedish: “Fernie”
  • Turkish: “Fernie”
  • Ukrainian: “Ферні”
  • Urdu: “فرنی، برٹش کولمبیا”
  • Volapük: “Fernie”
  • Western Panjabi: “فرنی”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: West Fernie and Ghostrider.

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