Ophir Creek Dam

Ophir Creek Dam is a dam in Rossland, Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary, British Columbia. Ophir Creek Dam is situated nearby to Ophir Reservoir, as well as near Centre Star Gulch Reservoir.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Red Mountain and Red Mountain Resort.

Red Mountain

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Red Mountain is the lower of three mountains that make up the Red Mountain Ski Area. It is nestled within the Monashee Mountains. Red Mountain is situated 3 km south of Ophir Creek Dam.

RED Mountain Resort is a ski resort in western Canada, located on Granite, Grey, Kirkup, and Red Mountains in Rossland, a former gold mining town in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. Red Mountain Resort is situated 2½ km southwest of Ophir Creek Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rossland and Warfield.

Rossland

Photo: Stephen Hui photo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rossland is a small mountain city in Southern British Columbia, Canada. Rossland was built in the 1890s as a gold mining town, and has become a lovely city of 3,700 people.

Warfield

Village

Warfield is a village at the bottom of the Rossland hill, immediately west of Trail, in the West Kootenay region of southern British Columbia. Warfield is situated 5 km southeast of Ophir Creek Dam.

Trail

Photo: RandyMac, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Trail is a small city of 7,700 people in the West Kootenays region of interior southeast British Columbia. The city is about 10 km north of the USA border at Waneta and about 25 km from Castlegar, a town also on the Columbia River.

Ophir Creek Dam

Type: Dam
Location: Rossland, Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude

49.11688° or 49° 7′ 1″ north

Longitude

-117.81048° or 117° 48′ 38″ west

Open location code

85X4458Q+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 176257916

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ophir Reservoir and Centre Star Gulch Reservoir.

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