Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary Regional District
The Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary (RDKB) is a regional district in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was incorporated in 1966 and consists of eight incorporated municipalities and five unincorporated electoral areas. The RDKB's offices are in the City of Trail, with secondary offices in the City of Grand Forks. Other major population centres include the cities of Rossland and Greenwood, and the villages of Fruitvale, Warfield, and Montrose. The RDKB has a rich history that dates back to the fur trade era. The first European explorers to arrive in the region were the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805. The gold rush of the 1860s brought a wave of new settlers to the region, and many of the towns and villages in the RDKB were founded during this time. The RDKB is home to a diverse range of natural features, including mountains, forests, lakes, and rivers. The region is also home to a number of important historical sites, including the former mining town of Sandon, which was once known as the 'Silver City of the North.'
Mapped Location
Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary
- Feature Type: Regional District
- Regional District Administrative Centre: City of Trail
- Established: Tuesday, February 22, 1966
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
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A Selected Bibliography of Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary, Regional District
A compilation of essential readings detailing the history, geography, and culture of the region.
Mapping the frontier Charles Wilson's diary of the survey of the 49th parallel, 1858-1862, while secretary of the British Boundary Commission by Charles William Wilson
Mapping the frontier Charles Wilson's diary of the survey of the 49th parallel, 1858-1862 examines the grueling imperial cartography and immense logistical struggle situated across the profoundly rugged, trans-mountain macro-geography of the US-British Columbia borderlands. Wilson details how the region's formidable topography—specifically the impenetrable, old-growth temperate rainforests of the coastal slope, the sheer, glaciated alpine barricades of the Cascade and Rocky Mountains, and the deep, turbulent river chasms cutting perpendicular to the border—strictly dictated the margins of early scientific reconnaissance, precarious overland supply chains, and the immense physical labor required to physically mark the wilderness. By mapping the Boundary Commission's arduous effort to impose a rigid, abstract political line across violently fractured terrain—requiring the literal chopping of massive forest swaths, precarious high-altitude ascents, and constant battles with severe winter isolation—the narrative highlights how this specific unforgiving, mountainous geography anchored a profoundly grueling, highly isolated feat of imperial engineering. Ultimately, this diaristic and cartographic record serves as a macro-level spatial history, demonstrating how the immense alpine barricades, severe botanical density, and unrelenting climatic extremes of this Pacific Northwest landscape fundamentally shaped the highly arduous, geographically defiant character of the 49th parallel boundary survey.
182 pages : maps, portrait ; 22 cm
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Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary
- Almond Gardens
- Anaconda
- Beaver Falls
- Beaverdell
- Big White
- Billings
- Boundary Falls
- Bridesville
- Camp McKinney
- Carmi
- Carson
- Cascade
- Casino
- Christian Valley
- Christina Lake
- Columbia Gardens
- Deadwood
- East Trail
- Eholt
- Fife
- Village of Fruitvale
- Genelle
- Gilpin
- Glenmerry
- City of Grand Forks
- City of Greenwood
- Kerr Creek
- Kettle Valley
- Lower China Creek
- Village of Midway
- Village of Montrose
- Mount Baldy
- Niagara
- Nursery
- Oasis
- Park Siding
- Paulson
- Phoenix
- Rhone
- Rivervale
- Rock Creek
- City of Rossland
- Silica
- Sunningdale
- Tadanac
- City of Trail
- Upper China Creek
- Waneta Junction
- Village of Warfield
- West Midway
- West Trail
- Westbridge
- Zamora
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2023-08-03