The Robson Valley is a geographic region of the Canadian province of British Columbia , comprising the section of the Rocky Mountain Trench that lies southeast of the city of Prince George following the Fraser River to the Yellowhead Pass . The name is derived from Mount Robson , which stands near the entrance to the Yellowhead Pass. Communities in the Robson Valley include the settlements of Dome Creek, Crescent Spur , Dunster , and Tête Jaune Cache , with larger population concentrations in the villages of McBride and Valemount . On a map, the Robson Valley is located immediately south of the elbow in the boundary between Alberta and British Columbia. Transportation corridors through the Robson Valley include the Canadian National Railway lines, and Highways 16 and 5 .
19-851: The Robson Valley is bounded on the south by the Columbia Country , farther south down the Rocky Mountain Trench, and the Thompson Country , via Canoe Pass, and is flanked on its east by the Rocky Mountains and on the west by the Cariboo Mountains . The Robson Valley and the head waters of the Fraser were considered to be the Northern hunting and fishing grounds of the Secwepemc , particularly
38-526: A Sekanai woman and man, evidently slaves, among the Soda Creek Shuswap at that time." Within the Robson Valley region, there are eight traditional First Nations groups: Lheidli T’enneh First Nation , Simpcw First Nation , Lhtako Dene Nation , Canim Lake Indian Band , Xat’súll First Nation (Soda Creek), Shuswap First Nation , Okanagan First Nation , Tsilhqotʼin . The railways served as part of
57-463: 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
76-690: A location in the Interior of British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Columbia Country Columbia Country refers to the upper basin of the Columbia River in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It includes a smaller region known as the Columbia Valley , near the river's headwaters at Columbia Lake in the Rocky Mountain Trench , as well as
95-535: A location in the Interior of British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . West Kootenay The Kootenays or Kootenay ( / ˈ k uː t n i / KOOT -nee ) is a region of southeastern British Columbia . It takes its name from the Kootenay River , which in turn was named for the Kutenai First Nations people. The Kootenays are more or less defined by
114-653: Is generally considered part of the West Kootenay, not the Columbia Country. References to Columbia Country appears in the names of "twinned" region names like Columbia-Kootenay or Columbia-Shuswap. The former refers to the East Kootenay , the latter to the Revelstoke- Big Bend region , plus perhaps Golden. 50°N 117°W / 50°N 117°W / 50; -117 This article about
133-528: 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 the Columbia at Castlegar (illustrated by a , right) . In most interpretations, however, the region also includes: Some or all of
152-597: 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 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
171-536: The Texqa'kallt division. Anthropologist James Teit noted that a "[Shuswap] band, mixed with Cree, live practically east of the Rocky Mountains; in the neighbourhood of Jasper House, and west to Tête-Jaune Cache." Teit said The Shuswap Band was known as Xexkaʼllt ("those at the top"), "those almost completely nomadic Indians who live nearly in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, around the head waters of North Thompson River,
190-562: The Big Bend of that river, now mostly inundated by Kinbasket Lake and Revelstoke Lake . The area has no precisely defined boundaries, but conventionally Columbia Country encompasses the region upstream of Revelstoke , as the Arrow Lakes are generally referred to as a region in their own right, or as part of the West Kootenay . The lower Columbia, around the cities of Castlegar and Trail ,
209-750: 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 the Okanagan. In actuality, the settlement of the Boundary Country predates development in either of
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#1732837913145228-700: The Upper Fraser country north towards the head of Smoky River nearly to latitude 54° N. Teit also records a tale of a ten-year war between the Sekani (Tseʼkhene) and the Secwepemc over the head waters of the Fraser. "The final attack, in which the Shuswap war-party almost completely exterminated the Sekanai, who had taken up their abode on Shuswap grounds, took place probably about 1790. Sir Alexander Mackenzie mentions seeing, in 1793,
247-756: The Yellow Head Pass, and Jasper House. I shall name them the Upper North Thompson band; and the whole division, the North Thompson division. On the west their hunting-grounds are co-extensive with those of the [Canim] Lake division, while east and north they extend along Adams Lake, include Canoe River, part of the Big Bend of the Columbia, part of the Rocky Mountain region (around the head of the Athabasca), and
266-444: 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
285-486: 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 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,
304-605: 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
323-575: 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 the Big Bend Country and Kinbasket Lake, to the north of Golden and Revelstoke, which is not generally considered part of
342-633: The foundation of the Robson Valley. When the railways were built, two divisional points existed, one at Lucerne and the other at McBride, or Mile 90 as it was called. The railways that went through the Robson Valley were the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railway , which later merged, between 1918 and 1923, into the Canadian National Railway. 53°15′00″N 120°00′00″W / 53.25000°N 120.00000°W / 53.25000; -120.00000 This article about
361-611: 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, the Kootenays could be described as the complete Canadian portion of the Columbia Basin minus lands drained by
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