| Village of New Denver | |
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| — Village — | |
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Village of New Denver
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Region | Slocan Valley, West Kootenay |
| Regional district | Central Kootenay |
| Founded | 1892 |
| Incorporated | 1929 |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | New Denver Village Council |
| • Mayor | Gary Wright |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.07 km2 (0.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 560 m (1,837 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 512 |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| Highways | 6 31A |
| Waterways | Slocan Lake |
| Website | Town of New Denver |
New Denver is a village in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, along the shore of Slocan Lake. New Denver was founded as a mining town in 1892, and briefly known as Eldorado City before being renamed after Denver, Colorado. It was incorporated as a village in 1929 and currently has approximately 600 residents.
During World War II, New Denver became a Japanese Canadian internment camp. Not long after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, men between the ages of 18 and 45 were sent to labour camps in the Interior of British Columbia or farther into Eastern Canada. Approximately 1,500 women, children, and elderly men were sent to the "Orchard", a small section of New Denver set up to house them. New Denver's Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre is dedicated to the history of the 23,000 Japanese Canadians that were interned by the Canadian government.
In the 1950s, children of Freedomites, a Doukhobor extremist group, were removed from their parents and sent to residential school in New Denver. The Freedomites refused to send their children to school because of their religious beliefs.[1]
The town is also notable for its lack of mobile phones. In a 2008 referendum citizens voted against the introduction of cellular telephone service.[2] Despite this, on July 20, 2010, Telus Canada began installation of a cell phone facility in the heart of the village with many citizens peacefully protesting the installation.
| Climate data for New Denver | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) |
14 (57) |
18.5 (65.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
33.5 (92.3) |
35.5 (95.9) |
36.5 (97.7) |
37.2 (99.0) |
35.5 (95.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
37.2 (99.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −0.3 (31.5) |
2.7 (36.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.4 (77.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
4.2 (39.6) |
0 (32) |
12.6 (54.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −5.3 (22.5) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
1.6 (34.9) |
5.7 (42.3) |
9.3 (48.7) |
11.5 (52.7) |
11.6 (52.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
2.9 (37.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −23.5 (−10.3) |
−21 (−6) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−2 (28) |
2.2 (36.0) |
1.1 (34.0) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−11 (12) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
−28.9 (−20.0) |
−28.9 (−20.0) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 103 (4.06) |
68.7 (2.705) |
60.1 (2.366) |
57 (2.24) |
61.6 (2.425) |
75.7 (2.98) |
63.3 (2.492) |
62.7 (2.469) |
52.7 (2.075) |
66.8 (2.63) |
98.9 (3.894) |
109.5 (4.311) |
879.9 (34.642) |
| Source: Environment Canada[3] | |||||||||||||
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