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50-795: Creston may refer to: Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Creston, British Columbia , a town in the Regional District of Central Kootenay Creston (electoral district) , a provincial electoral district Creston Formation , a formation cropping out in Newfoundland Creston, Newfoundland and Labrador a town in Burin peninsula United States [ edit ] Creston, California , an unincorporated place in San Luis Obispo County Creston, Illinois ,

100-726: A geographical region and the other a legal boundary, the Kootenay Land District , which was identical with the original federal and provincial Kootenay ridings . Once settled by miners, loggers, and rail workers, the area experienced a silver rush in the 1890s. The district now contains important tourism, outdoor activity and fruit-growing regions ( Creston Valley ) and numerous commercial centres, including Grand Forks , Kaslo , Robson , Ymir , Warfield , Montrose , Fruitvale , Salmo , Trail , Nelson , Slocan , Playmor , Winlaw , Cranbrook , Kimberley , Fernie , Castlegar , Rossland , Erickson , and Creston . The region has

150-463: A large network of outdoor activity operators, with the biggest facilities including lift, cat and heli-skiing. This includes some of the oldest resorts in North America such as Red Mountain , and largest Revelstoke Mountain . The highway that connects them all has been named the powder highway . With the emergence of fibre internet, digital nomads and technology developers are now a growing part of

200-637: A natural boundary, the lake and the Kootenay Pass on the Salmo –Creston highway divide the Pacific Time Zone from the mountain one. When daylight saving ends, the time change migrates from Yahk to the Kootenay Bay ferry landing. Consequently, Creston in the warmer months is on Castlegar time and in the colder months on Cranbrook time. By road, Creston is roughly equidistant between Cranbrook (105 km (65 mi) to

250-658: A politician friendly to the railway. Some confusion existed as to whether a rename to Sirdar would be adopted. Sirdar was the rank assigned to the commander-in-chief of the British-controlled Egyptian Army in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. Lord Kitchener , who had held this position, was equally honoured by the CP station of Kitchener 19 km (12 mi) northeast. Sirdar, an existing CP station 24 km (15 mi) northwest, would also have needed to be renamed in such circumstances. Residents preferred

300-510: A population density of 663.9/km (1,719.4/sq mi) in 2021. According to the 2021 census , religious groups in Creston included: Creston has either an inland oceanic climate ( Köppen - Cfb ) or a humid continental climate ( Dfb ), depending on the isotherm used (0 or −3 °C (32 or 27 °F)), though rainfall patterns are such that it just barely avoids being classified as a Mediterranean climate ( Csb or Dsb ). Creston's climate

350-694: A regional operator in 2019, included a Creston stop. In 2021, the Creston Valley Transit System replaced its fleet of diesel-powered buses with four light-duty, gasoline-driven buses. In 1907, the Creston Power Light & Telephone Co (CPL&T) installed phone wires northwest to Duck Creek, east to Erickson , and south to Porthill, Idaho. The next year, the Goat Mountain Waterworks replaced transporting water by wagon from Wynndel. The excess from electricity generation by

400-530: A town in ancient Macedonia, Greece People [ edit ] Paul Creston (1906–1985), American composer of classical music René-Yves Creston (1898–1964), Breton artist, ethnologist and French Resistance activist during World War II Other uses [ edit ] Creston (apple) , an apple cultivar Creston Electric Instruments , a producer of electric guitars and basses See also [ edit ] Crestone (disambiguation) Creston High School (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

450-491: A town of this size, including brewery tours, a shopping mall, golf course and a large selection of motels, hotels, and three campsites. The Ramada hotel (2012) was the first new hotel in Creston in decades. In 2011, the Creston & District Community Complex (1971) received new flooring and upgraded amenities. The Creston-based Kokanee Beer movie entry won a Gold Lion at the 2013 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity . That year, Budweiser production began at

500-560: A view to restoration. Small sawmills were established in 1898 and around 1903. In 1907, C.O. Rodgers erected a mill at the mouth of the Goat River gorge. In partnership with D.W. Briggs, he reorganized as the Canyon City Lumber Co. in 1911. After a 1923 fire destroyed the mill, the rebuild, known as Creston Sawmills, opened in 1924. The specialized Rodgers Box Factory catered to the fruit and berry trade. The sawmill closed in 1981 and

550-543: A village in Medina and Wayne counties Creston, Oregon Creston, South Dakota , an unincorporated community Creston, Washington , a town in Lincoln County Creston, West Virginia Creston Township (disambiguation) Creston Subdivision , a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. State of South Carolina Creston (Amtrak station) Elsewhere [ edit ] Creston (Macedonia) ,

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600-972: A village in Ogle County Creston, Indiana , an unincorporated place in Lake County Creston, Iowa , a city in Union County Creston station Creston, Kentucky , an unincorporated community Creston, Louisiana , an unincorporated community on Black Lake in Natchitoches Parish Creston, Nebraska , a village in Platte County Creston, New Jersey , an unincorporated community in Hamilton Township, Mercer County Creston, North Carolina , an unincorporated community in Ashe County Creston, Ohio ,

650-699: Is built on rolling bench-land immediately to the east of the Kootenay River floodplain. Beyond the bench-land to the east are the Purcell Mountains ; their steep west-facing scarps are mistakenly called the Skimmerhorns, while the Selkirk Mountains rise west of the floodplain. Silt loam is the most common soil texture at Creston. The floodplain soils are dark and poorly drained for the most part; they are excellent for pasture and grains where drainage

700-566: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Creston, British Columbia Creston is a town in the Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia , Canada. Settlements on the east shore of Kootenay Lake and along BC Highway 3 from Creston to Yahk are among the few areas of Canada that do not observe daylight saving time , remaining on Mountain Standard Time year-round. Forming

750-498: Is improved. Some of the bench-land soils are brown and of good tilth; others are gray, deficient in organic matter, and have rather heavy calcareous subsoils. Kootenays The Kootenays are more or less defined by the Kootenay Land District , though some variation exists in terms of what areas are or are not a part. The strictest definition of the region is the drainage basin of the lower Kootenay River from its re-entry into Canada near Creston , through to its confluence with

800-402: Is likely to have a mean daily maximum near or above 28 °C (82 °F); the record maximum is 41.4 °C (106.5 °F). The last spring frost typically occurs by April 22, and frost usually holds off until around October 18 where air drainage is good. The mean annual precipitation is 689.0 mm (27.13 in) in mid-town, but the area has a rather steep precipitation gradient which

850-469: Is located (rather than splitting the region into "East/Central/West" subregions). That being said: It remains unclear why both Kootenay and Kootenay s are used somewhat interchangeably to describe the area. The plural form is in reference to The Kootenays , both East and West; the singular is in reference to the Kootenay Region . In practice the two terms are used interchangeably, although one indicates

900-537: Is often modified by air masses of the Pacific Ocean origin, especially in winter. Daily maximum temperatures are usually above freezing even in January except when air masses of Arctic origin move over the area. The worst cold outbreaks may send temperatures below −30 °C (−22 °F) on rare occasions. Spring comes early by Canadian standards; trees usually start to leaf out before the end of April. A clear summer day

950-486: Is reflected in regional ecosystems. The moisture-loving western hemlock grows near the town's northern boundary; another wet-belt indicator, the western redcedar , is common in the area. The sun-loving ponderosa pine forms a larger proportion of the vegetation near Creston's southern boundary. Douglas-fir is the most common native tree throughout; other large conifers include grand fir , western larch , western white pine and lodgepole pine . Large pines other than

1000-681: Is served by AM radio station CFKC-AM at 1340 kHz (rebroadcasting CJAT-FM Trail, BC), and by FM radio stations CKCV-FM at 94.1 MHz, and CBTS-FM at 100.3 MHz (rebroadcasting CBTK-FM Kelowna, BC as part of the CBC Radio One network). Previous to CBTS-FM's debut, CBRM was a low-power AM station rebroadcasting CBU Vancouver that was discontinued when CBTS-FM took to the air. The broadcast antennae of CKCV-FM and CBTS-FM are co-located at 49°09′52.5″N 116°40′53.7″W  /  49.164583°N 116.681583°W  / 49.164583; -116.681583  ( CKCV-FM and CBTK-FM ) to

1050-583: The Columbia at Castlegar (illustrated by a , right) . In most interpretations, however, the region also includes: Some or all of the following areas to the north, which drain into the Columbia River, are also commonly included in the Kootenays: When the above regions are added, sometimes the region's name is morphed into Columbia-Kootenay or Kootenay-Columbia , although that terminology also includes

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1100-673: The Purcell Mountains as the east–west divide, which geographically places Creston in East Kootenay, but conversely the nearby community of Crawford Bay in West Kootenay. Prior to the opening of the highway over the Kootenay Pass from Salmo in 1963, allowing westward travel, Creston had tended to develop cultural links eastward via the only major highway of the time. Minor sports groups and teams, such as in hockey and baseball, belonged to East Kootenay leagues. An 1899 advertisement described

1150-586: The butternut . There also are occasional examples of catalpa , chestnut , London plane , and tulip tree . Large mammals at Creston include cougar , bear, beaver , coyote , deer, elk , moose , muskrat and river otter . More than 265 bird species occur in the Creston Valley, which is in a migration corridor for waterfowl such as geese and swans; the valley is also a wintering area for birds of prey . The Creston area hosts British Columbia's only remaining population of northern leopard frog . Creston

1200-771: The Big Bend Country and Kinbasket Lake, to the north of Golden and Revelstoke, which is not generally considered part of the Kootenays, though part of the Kootenay Land District . Finally, the Boundary Country , a southern east–west corridor between the Okanagan and the Bonanza Pass and drained by the basins of the Kettle and Granby Rivers , is sometimes mentioned as being in the West Kootenay, and in other reckonings as being part of

1250-557: The CP rail head passed northwestward toward Kuskonook in September 1898. Although construction trains offered passenger service until mid-October, the line was not handed over to CP until mid-November, but services on the western section did not resume until mid-December. The two-storey station was erected that year. In December 1899, the Bedlington & Nelson Railway (B&N), a Great Northern Railway subsidiary, assumed possession of

1300-534: The Columbia Brewery. The Art Deco style Tivoli Theatre (1938) and many of these 1930-ish wood-framed structures in the downtown area seek to mimic this architectural style. The long-vacant Kootenay Hotel has been transformed into a wine bar, taphouse and restaurant. The Creston Hotel has also been extensively modernized. After a 2015 fire extensively damaged Trinity United Church, reconstruction work did not start until two years later. The Creston Valley

1350-514: The Creston Townsite Co. as West Kootenay Valley. Since the highest passes of the Purcells are north-northeast, Creston might be considered in the west of them. The Creston Review, first published in 1908, took a neutral stance on which Kootenay descriptor applied best. However, for several years, a front-page banner stated: "All roads in East Kootenay and West Kootenay lead to Creston." Prior to

1400-421: The Goat River valley northeastward. On an 1882 hunting trip, William A. Baillie-Grohman and Teddy Roosevelt camped in the vicinity of today's Creston. Baillie-Grohman noted the agricultural potential of the flats if protected from flooding. In 1891, three settlers obtained 65-hectare (160-acre) lots. Of today's town, John Wilson Dow owned the northern portion, Fred. G. Little, the centre, and John Arrowsmith,

1450-513: The Kootenays could be described as the complete Canadian portion of the Columbia Basin minus lands drained by the Okanagan River . Contingent on the above boundaries, the Kootenays are commonly split either into East and West, or East, Central and West. In general use amongst locals of the area, the "East/West" convention is more common as a descriptor of where someone is from or where a town

1500-654: The Okanagan. In actuality, the settlement of the Boundary Country predates development in either of the regions it is now attached to, as is also the case with the Similkameen Country to the west of the Okanagan. In some descriptions, the Boundary Country includes Osoyoos and Oliver in the South Okanagan (rather than the other way around). The Boundary Country is (illustrated by h ) In the event of its inclusion,

1550-577: The West-northwest of Creston. CIDO-FM formerly broadcast at 97.7 MHz but went dormant in 2016 and its license expired. The local newspaper is the Creston Valley Advance. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Creston had a population of 5,583 living in 2,670 of its 2,810 total private dwellings, a change of 4.1% from its 2016 population of 5,361. With a land area of 8.41 km (3.25 sq mi), it had

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1600-468: The buildings torn down. The veneer and planer mills, which closed a decade later, were also demolished. By 1909, the highway to Cranbrook was rated as good. By 1910, a passable trail existed east to Lethbridge , which by 1912 was a main road. After realignments, a proper gravel highway opened in 1920. In 1932, the route became the No. 3, Interprovincial Highway, remaining for years the main road connection between

1650-505: The completed line from the main contractor. The route followed today's Lower Wynndel Rd (low road). In July 1900, the B&;N began limited services and that November, a daily service to Kuskonook. That August, B&N's operations north of the junction ( Wynndel ) were suspended. Soon, there was little activity north of Creston. Certainly by February 1904, the three times weekly mixed train ran no farther north than Creston. In December 1914,

1700-600: The creation of the Regional District of Central Kootenay in 1965, Central Kootenay did not exist as a geographic concept. The RDCK is centred in Nelson . The Lower Kootenay Band of the Ktunaxa Nation has occupied the region from time immemorial. Members would paddle their canoes across the flooded flats to harvest wild rice , one of the staples of their diet. The people called the Creston area Yaqan Nukiy, meaning "where

1750-666: The east), Castlegar (124 km (77 mi) to the west) along the Crowsnest Highway, and Nelson (123 km (76 mi) to the north-northwest). Creston is approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) north of the Porthill-Rykerts Border Crossing on the Canada–US border. Defining Creston's place as being within either the East or West Kootenays can be contentious, as some locals regard it as being in a transition space between them. The 1860 survey defined

1800-555: The economy. Several coworking and innovation centres have sprouted including Kootenay Lake Innovation Centre . A number of Community Radio stations exist in the region, most notably CJLY-FM in Nelson, CIDO-FM in Creston and Stoke FM in Revelstoke. These stations usually operate either as Cooperatives or as non-profit Societies . Since 2001, The Kootenay Mountain Culture has brought

1850-554: The ferry route. Creston is served by the Creston Valley Airport formerly known as the Art Sutcliffe Field. In 2017, the pilot of a small plane safely made an emergency landing on Highway 3 west of Creston. Prior to Greyhound Canada ceasing all intraprovincial services in 2018, an application the prior year included a service reduction via Creston. The summer bus service between Kaslo and Calgary , instituted by

1900-498: The final twice weekly mixed train ran north to Creston, and the Wynndel–Porthill track was lifted in 1916. In 1949, CP replaced the former station with a single level flat-roofed one. Passenger service on the route ended in 1964. In 1982, the station closed. In 1990, track removal left only one siding, and the brewery spur. Little and the CP created separate subdivisions, which sold quickly. In late 1898, Robt. J. Long built

1950-427: The first hotel. By 1900, a settlement was growing around Long's Creston and John Munroe's Queen's hotels on the portion of Little's subdivision below the tracks. To meet demand, Little further subdivided above the tracks, to where William Crawford and Charles Faas moved their general stores, now the downtown. In 1907, a Canadian Bank of Commerce branch opened. The next year, The Creston Review began publication. Creston

2000-619: The flat lands to the south, grain harvests increased. Grain elevators were built in Creston by the Midland Pacific Grain Corporation in 1935 and the Alberta Wheat Pool in 1936 and 1949. Rebuilt dyking of a few years earlier succumbed to floods in 1938 and 1948. The first annual Blossom Festival was held in 1942. In 2018, the Columbia Basin Trust acquired the two remaining abandoned elevators (1935 and 1936) with

2050-570: The flats. During 1893, crews dyked the river, but the exceptional flooding during the following spring destroyed much of the work. In partnership with the Kootenay Valley Power and Development Co., settlers completed reconstruction that year, reclaiming 3,100 ha (7,700 acres). Later deterioration of the dykes resumed annual flooding, leaving the land suitable only for hay harvests. Apple and cherry orchards were well established by 1920s. As returning World War I veterans developed farms on

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2100-504: The name Creston, which appears to have been in popular use. Fred Little selected the name after Creston, Iowa , where he had worked for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad , which also stood at the outlet of a major water body. The residents petitioned CP to change the name from Fisher to Creston, a request CP granted before late 1899. CP accepted offers from Little and Dow for a half-interest in their properties. During construction,

2150-509: The ponderosa are seldom seen in town, but are common in some of the woods nearby. The only native deciduous tree which matches the conifers in size is the black cottonwood . White birch and trembling aspen grow to medium size; smaller trees include the Rocky Mountain maple and bitter cherry . Prominent among the non-native trees are blue spruce , horse-chestnut , Norway maple , silver maple , and several species of walnut , including

2200-741: The rock stands". The Kutenai language is noted for its uniqueness, as were the distinctive sturgeon-nosed canoes . Members reside in several local reserves. As of 2020, the Lower Kootenay Band is in Stage 4 of the British Columbia Treaty Process . Europeans referred to this area as the Goat River district. Established in 1865, the section of the Dewdney Trail travelled southeast via present-day Wynndel and Creston, before following

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2300-564: The sawmill was sold to the Creston Power, Light and Telephone Company. In 1934, West Kootenay Power & Light (WKP&L) replaced the mill supply, using transmission lines from the Goat River Dam. In 2015, Telus completed a project to string fibre optic cables for residential and business use. A $ 1.1M upgrade in 2017 to the undersized Schikurski Pump Station secured the town water supply. Creston offers an infrastructure typical of

2350-631: The southwestern corner. The Columbia and Kootenay Steam Navigation Company's twice-weekly sailings between Nelson and Bonners Ferry served the growing community on the edge of the flats. The place was formerly known as Fred Little's Ranch and then as the Eighth Siding during the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway . The name of Fisher was chosen for the initial timetable published in August 1898, assumedly after Sydney Arthur Fisher ,

2400-485: The two western provinces. Southward, a wagon road existed by the 1890s, which was periodically upgraded over the following decades. In 1931, the ferry/highway auto route north to Nelson was inaugurated. When Canyon St. was widened in 1947 for the new Crowsnest Highway , the frontage buildings moved 3.0 m (10 ft) back. The October 1963 opening of the Salmo–Creston highway rerouted most traffic from

2450-588: Was incorporated as a town in 1966. In 1974, the Labatt Brewing Company acquired 84 per cent of Columbia Brewing Company (the 1972 rename of Interior Breweries). About 1884, likely associated with the Baillie-Grohman reclamation plan, the first settlers arrived, cleared the slopes around today's Creston, and planted orchards, but obtained no preemptions . In the early 1890s, William Rodger and Jane Huscroft, with their large family and cattle, squatted on

2500-533: Was incorporated as a village in 1924. The next year, exchanges of gunfire occurred during a bank robbery. One outlaw was captured the following afternoon. His unidentified partner disappeared with $ 4,000. In 1930, Dr. Olivier opened an eleven-bed hospital, and the Creston Hotel (1898) burned to the ground. In 1949, the Kootenay Hotel opened. In 1960, Interior Breweries began production at a new brewery. Creston

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