Cranbrook, British Columbia
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'' |- |Census Division |C |- |Regional District |East Kootenay |- | Area: | or 17.8 (use for info after initial value, and for unformatted area field)}}} }}} km²}}} |- |style="padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Founded |style="padding: 0 5px 0 0" |1898 |- |style="padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Incorporated |style="padding: 0 5px 0 0" | 1905 |- |Population: City | valign="top" | 18,476 (2001) |- |Population density:||1038.0/km² |- | Time zone: | |- |Postal code span: | |- | Latitude: Longitude: | |- |Elevation:|| m MSL}}} |- |Highways |Highway 3 Highway 93 Highway 95 |- |Waterways |Joseph Creek |- | Mayor: | |- |: | |- | align="center" colspan="2" | }}} |- | colspan="2" align="right"| Census.}}}}}}}}} [Edit Template] |} Cranbrook, British Columbia () is a city in southeast British Columbia, seat of the Regional District of East Kootenay. As of the 2001 census, the population was 18,476. The area of the city is 17.8 square kilometres, resulting in a population density of 1,038.3 persons per square kilometre. Cranbrook is home to the Museum of Rail Travel which presents static exhibits of passenger rail cars built in the 1920s for the CPR and in the 1900s for the Spokane International Railway. It is also the home of the Kootenay Ice, a WHL hockey team. In addition the city is the birthplace of future Hockey Hall of Famer Steve Yzerman, as well as actor Brent Carver, and the rock group Lillix.
HistoryOriginally inhabited by the Ktunaxa natives the land that Cranbrook now occupies was bought by European settlers, notably Colonel James Baker who named his newly acquired land Cranbrook after his home in Cranbrook, Kent, England In 1898 Baker had successfully convinced Canadian Pacific Railway to establish the railroad through Cranbrook rather than close-by Fort Steele. With that accomplishment Cranbrook became the major centre of the region, while Fort Steele declined and is today a preserved heritage site. On November 1, 1905, Cranbrook was incorporated as a city GeographyWhile much of the city is relatively flat, Cranbrook is surrounded by many rising hills where many residential homes are located[link]. In addition Cranbrook faces the Purcell Mountains to the west and the Rocky Mountains to the north and east. ClimateEnvironment Canada reports Cranbrook as having the most sunshine hours of any BC city at approximately 2228.6 hours annually. Because of that it is a fairly dry city throughout the year, and when precipitation does fall a good percentage of it will be in the form of snow. Environment Canada also states that the city experiences some of the lightest wind speeds year-round, has few foggy days, and has among the highest average barometric pressure of any Canadian city. (See [link]) Frost-free days average 110 days, typically occuring between May 26 to September 14. Mean daily temperatures range from -8.3°C to 18.2°C. EducationThe East Kootenay city is home to the main campus of the College of the Rockies, which has over 2500 full and part-time students from over 21 countries[link]. Public schools are run by School District 5 (Southeast Kootenay), consisting of ten elementary schools and two middle schools that feed into the city's only high school: Mount Baker Secondary School, home to approximately 1000 students. Prior to 2004 the middle schools were referred to as junior high schools housing grades 8-10 rather than the current 7-9. However, due to declining enrollment the school district adopted the new system. TransportationCranbrook is at the junction of major highways 3 and 93/95, and due to its close proximity to the borders of Alberta and the United States it is an important transportation hub. Approximately 9 km north is the Cranbrook Airport, which is currently undergoing an expansion including the lengthening of its runway from 6000 to 8000 feet in order to accommodate a limited number of international flights[link]. Cranbrook also has a public transit system, operating buses on seven different routes. External links
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