Sparwood, British Columbia

E1044153
municipality town

Sparwood, British Columbia is a small coal-mining town in the Elk Valley region of southeastern British Columbia, known for its forestry and mining industries and proximity to the Rocky Mountains.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Sparwood 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
areaCode 236 ⓘ
250 ⓘ
672 ⓘ
778 ⓘ
climate continental climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
economicActivity logging ⓘ
mining ⓘ
economicRegion Kootenay economic region NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody District of Sparwood Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHighway Crowsnest Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIndustry open-pit coal mining ⓘ
hasLandmark Terex Titan haul truck NERFINISHED ⓘ
world’s largest tandem axle truck (Terex Titan) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyCoalMines Elkview mine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Line Creek mine NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPublicService Sparwood Public Library NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sparwood Secondary School NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRecreation hiking ⓘ
mountain biking ⓘ
skiing ⓘ
snowmobiling ⓘ
highwayNumber Highway 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporationStatus district municipality ⓘ
knownFor coal mining operations ⓘ
proximity to outdoor recreation in the Rockies ⓘ
languageOfficial English ⓘ
locatedEastOf Fernie, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn East Kootenay NERFINISHED ⓘ
southeastern British Columbia ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Canadian Rockies NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInValley Elk Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Elk River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedWestOf Alberta border NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedFor spar trees used in ship masts ⓘ
near Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestProvincialBorder Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Regional District of East Kootenay NERFINISHED ⓘ
postalCodePrefix V0B ⓘ
primaryIndustry coal mining ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
province British Columbia ⓘ
railwayService Canadian Pacific Railway (freight) NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Elk Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Mountain Daylight Time NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Columbia Highway 3 → connects → Sparwood, British Columbia ⓘ
Elk River → flowsThrough → Sparwood, British Columbia ⓘ
subject surface form: Elk River (British Columbia)
this entity surface form: Sparwood