Crawford Bay, British Columbia

Crawford Bay
Village
Crawford Bay

Location of Crawford Bay in British Columbia

Coordinates: 49°41′00″N 116°49′00″W / 49.68333°N 116.81667°W / 49.68333; -116.81667
Country  Canada
Province  British Columbia
Region Kootenays
Regional district Central Kootenay
Population (2006)
 • Total 332
Time zone MST, PST (UTC-7)
postal code V0B 1E0
Area code(s) 250
Highways 3A
Waterways Kootenay Lake
Crawford Creek

Crawford Bay is a community of approximately 350 people,[1] situated in the Purcell mountain range on the eastern shore of Kootenay Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.[2] The community is located on Highyway 3A, one hour's drive north of Creston and one hour northeast across Kootenay Lake from the city of Nelson.

History, geography, demographics and economy

The West Kootenay region of British Columbia, where the community of Crawford Bay is situated, is part of the traditional territories of the Sinixt and Ktunaxa peoples.[3]

Arts, culture, attractions and sports

Crawford Bay plays host to a music festival each July. The Starbelly Jam, an annual event since 1999, is a weekend outdoor music festival featuring a wide variety of musical styles.[4]

The village centre, along Highway 3A, is home to a collection of working artisan studios including: a forge, broommaker, potters, weavers, copper enamellists, leatherworkers, and jewellers.[5]

Crawford Bay hosts an annual autumn agricultural fair, The Kootenay Lake Fall Fair, which dates back to 1910 and features a juried display of locally grown produce, homemade goods and artistic creations.[6][7][8]

Kokanee Springs Golf Resort, located within Crawford Bay, is a championship 18-hole course designed by Norman H. Woods in 1968.[9]

Government and infrastructure

The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) is the local governing body for Crawford Bay. The village lies within Electoral Area A in the RDCK and the current director for Area A is Garry Jackman.[10] Provincially, Crawford Bay lies within the electoral riding of Nelson-Creston, currently represented in the provincial legislature by NDP MLA Michelle Mungall.[11] Federally, Crawford Bay is part of the Kootenay-Columbia riding, currently represented by NDP MP Wayne Stetski.

Education and media

The local Crawford Bay School, offers kindergarten to Grade 12 and serves the entire eastern shore of Kootenay Lake. In 2009, with the old school at the end of its lifetime and no longer adequate for the communities' needs, a new school building was constructed on a larger piece of land nearby. It became the first school in British Columbia to meet the LEED Green Building Rating System requirements. The school design also received a "Wood WORKS! Community Recognition Award" from the Canada Wood Council.[12]


Also serving the "east shore" community, which includes Crawford Bay, is a local newspaper called The Eastshore Mainstreet.[13] The paper is published monthly and focuses on local issues and events.[14]

Kokanee Springs Golf Course, Crawford Bay, British Columbia, Canada, 2013.

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ↑ Statistics Canada (March 13, 2007). "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Canada. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
  2. ↑ Province of British Columbia (2010). "Crawford Bay". BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office. British Columbia. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
  3. ↑ Paula Pryce, Keeping the Lakes' way: reburial and the re-creation of a moral world among an invisible people University of Toronto Press, 1999. Page 7. ISBN 0-8020-4419-0. passim.
  4. ↑ "The Starbelly Jam Music Festival". The Starbelly Jam. Crawford Bay, British Columbia, Canada. 2010. Retrieved 2010. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. ↑ "The Artisians of Crawford Bay, BC, Canada".
  6. ↑ "BC Fairs - Kootenay Lake Fall Fair". Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  7. ↑ "BC's Mountain Playground". Kootenay Rockies. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Fall Fair 2012 – Coming Soon!". Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  9. ↑ Rob Petkau (August 14, 2010). "Good thing made better at resort". The Calgary Herald. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  10. ↑ "RDCK Directors". Central Kootenay Regional District. British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 2010. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  11. ↑ "Michelle Mungall MLA: Nelson-Creston". British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 2010. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  12. ↑ "Crawford Bay Elementary Secondary School". Crawford Bay, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 2010. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  13. ↑ The East Shore Mainstreet newspaper interactive website. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  14. ↑ "Eastshore Mainstreet". Community Services Directory. April 21, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Baba Brinkman comes home with his acclaimed off-Broadway show – July 13". Retrieved April 9, 2016 – via The Civic Theatre.
  16. ↑ "Tom Comet - Bio" (PDF). Circus Orange. Circus Orange. January 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  17. ↑ "New juggling record prevents a chainsaw massacre". Herald Scotland. August 5, 2002. Retrieved April 9, 2016 – via Herald Scotland.
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