Princeton, British Columbia

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Princeton, British Columbia, Canada

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Princeton, British Columbia, Canada.
Census division
Regional District	Okanagan-Similkameen
Area:	10.24 km²
Founded
Incorporated	1951
Population Town Population	2,610 (2001)
Population density	254.9/km²
Time zone	Pacific: UTC -8
Postal code span
Latitude Longitude	49°27′32.1″N, 120°30′21.7″W
Elevation	m MSL
Highways	Highway 3 Highway 5A
Waterways
Mayor
Governing body	Princeton Town Council
1(sc) According to the Canada 2001 Census. 2(gr) Geographic references.

Coordinates: 49°27′32.1″N, 120°30′21.7″W

Princeton is a small town in the Okanagan-Similkameen region of British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Cascade mountain range, which continues south into Washington. The Tulameen and Similkameen rivers converge here. As of the 2001 census, the population was 2,610.

Historically, the area's main industry has been mining, but nowadays the town's biggest employer is Weyerhaeuser, along with a few smaller timber companies.

[edit] Princeton on film

In 1987, Burt Reynolds starred in the film Malone, which was filmed mainly in neighbouring Hedley, British Columbia, but included key scenes in downtown Princeton and the surrounding area.

The town and the beautiful scenery around it has been most memorably captured on the screen in Sean Penn's 2001 film The Pledge, starring Jack Nicholson.

[edit] Trivia

The historic Princeton Hotel on Bridge Street, having been in operation since 1912, burned to ground on April 8, 2006.

[edit] External links

• Official Municipality website
• Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada 2001 Census Community Profile
• John Sandness's Princeton webpage