13-1093: Jaffray may refer to: Jaffray, British Columbia , Canada Jaffray baronets , a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom " Katharine Jaffray ", a traditional Scottish ballad People with the surname [ edit ] David Jaffray (born c. 1970), Canadian medical physicist Jason Jaffray (born 1981), Canadian hockey player Jean-Yves Jaffray (1939–2009), French mathematician and economist John Jaffray (journalist) (1818–1901), British journalist Julia K. Jaffray (1878–1941), Canadian-American prison reformer Lyn Jaffray (born 1950), New Zealand All Black rugby union player Merv Jaffray (born 1949), New Zealand All Black rugby union player Robert A. Jaffray (1873–1945), Canadian religious leader William Jaffray (1832–1896), Canadian newspaper editor and mayor of Berlin, Ontario See also [ edit ] Jeffrey (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
26-797: A change of 9% from its 2016 population of 60,439 . With a land area of 27,514.1 km (10,623.3 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.4/km (6.2/sq mi) in 2021. The largest hospital in the region is the East Kootenay Regional Hospital in Cranbrook. There are also hospitals in Creston (Creston Valley Hospital), Fernie (Elk Valley Hospital), Invermere (Invermere & District Hospital), and Golden (Golden & District Hospital). Primary health centers are present in Sparwood and Elkford. The First Nations people who live in
39-697: A rescue team with First Responder Level III status. [1] Jaffray is located near the picturesque Steeples, which include Fisher Peak, and the Lizard Mountain ranges, not far from Lake Koocanusa . The village is found on Highway 3 and 93, west of the Elko Highway 93 junction; just north of the Canadian/United States border at Rooseville, BC. This portion of the Rocky Mountain Trench is relatively flat, with open woodland and grasslands. The area
52-511: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jaffray, British Columbia Jaffray is an unincorporated community on the west side of Little Sand Creek in the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia . On BC Highway 3 / 93 , the locality is by road about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southwest of Sparwood and 47 kilometres (29 mi) southeast of Cranbrook . Jaffray
65-459: Is very popular for its great recreational opportunities. Part of School District 5 Southeast Kootenay , Jaffray Elementary Junior Secondary School has about 225 students from Kindergarten to Grade 10. (broadcast from Jaffray) (available in Jaffray (broadcast from Cranbrook)) Regional District of East Kootenay The Regional District of East Kootenay ( RDEK ) is a regional district in
78-523: The Canadian province of British Columbia , Canada . In the 2016 census , the population was 60,439. Its area is 27,542.69 km (10,634.29 sq mi). The regional district offices are in Cranbrook , the largest community in the region. Other important population centres include the cities of Kimberley and Fernie , and the district municipality of Invermere and Sparwood . Despite its name,
91-716: The Pearson Hotel. Historical general stores included Anthony Modigh's General Store, Economy Corner Store, and the Jaffray General Store. In September 1995, the Regional District of East Kootenay , with the direction of founding Fire Chief John Betenia, and community approval of an RDEK bylaw, opened the Jaffray Volunteer Fire Department with 31 volunteer firefighter trainees. The department has expanded considerably since inception and now includes
104-514: The first resident to purchase land in the Jaffray town-site, purchasing District Lot 3055. In September 1900, Robert Elmsby received a crown grant on D.L. 3543, obtaining 81 hectares (200 acres) for two hundred dollars, including most of what is now Jaffray proper. Since the first residents settled, Jaffray has had four hotels, including the Jaffray Hotel, the Henderson's Hotel, Desrosier's Hotel and
117-699: The regional district (its northern half is in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District ). Another distinct area within the regional district is the Elk Valley in the southern Rockies, which is the entrance to the Crowsnest Pass and an important coal-mining region. Other than the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers , whose valleys form the bottomlands of the Rocky Mountain Trench, also included in
130-840: The regional district are the northernmost parts of the basins of the Flathead , Moyie and Yahk Rivers (the Moyie and Yahk are tributaries of the Kootenay, entering it in the United States, and the Flathead is a tributary of the Clark Fork in Montana ). As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the Regional District of East Kootenay had a population of 65,896 living in 28,264 of its 35,931 total private dwellings,
143-627: The regional district does not include all of the region known as the East Kootenay, which includes the Creston Valley and the east shore of Kootenay Lake . The regional district's dominant landform is the Rocky Mountain Trench , which is flanked by the Purcell Mountains and Rocky Mountains on the east and west, and includes the Columbia Valley region, the southern half of which is in
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169-469: Was formerly a siding, depot and steam train water stop. In the early 1900s, Robert Jaffray and several of his brothers worked at the local sawmills, eventually leaving and homesteading in Lacombe, Alberta . Even though some local people believed that Jaffray may have been named after the brothers, according to folklore, Jaffray had already been named by the time they came to the area. Frank Desrosier may have been
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