Pincher Creek

Pincher Creek is a town of about 3,600 people in the foothills of . It is a good base for exploring provincial parks in the region, and has some heritage sites.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pincher Station.

Hamlet
, once known as Pincher City, is a hamlet in , Canada within the . It is located on Highway 3, approximately 83 kilometres southwest of . is situated 4½ km north of Pincher Creek.

Pincher Creek

Latitude
49.4857° or 49° 29′ 8″ north
Longitude
-113.9503° or 113° 57′ 1″ west
Population
3,860
Elevation
1,151 metres (3,776 feet)
IATA airport code
WPC
United Nations Location Code
CA WPC
Open location code
85X8F2PX+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 51971466
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6104841
Wiki­data ID
Q1744046
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Pincher Creek” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Pincher Creek”
  • Atikamekw: “Pincher Creek”
  • Cebuano: “Pincher Creek”
  • Chinese: “平徹克里克”
  • Dutch: “Pincher Creek”
  • French: “Pincher Creek”
  • German: “Pincher Creek”
  • Irish: “Pincher Creek”
  • Italian: “Pincher Creek”
  • Korean: “핀처 크리크”
  • Korean: “핀처크리크”
  • Kurdish: “Pincher Creek”
  • Portuguese: “Pincher Creek”
  • Russian: “Пинчер-Крик”
  • Serbian: “Пинчер Крик”
  • Spanish: “Pincher Creek”
  • Swedish: “Pincher Creek”
  • Turkish: “Pincher Creek”
  • Ukrainian: “Пінчер Крик”
  • Ukrainian: “Пінчер-Крик”
  • Urdu: “پنچر کریک”

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