Cranbrook, British Columbia
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| The Corporation of the City of Cranbrook | ||
10th Ave Cranbrook
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| Motto: Mountains of Opportunity | ||
 Cranbrook
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| Coordinates: 49°30′35″N 115°46′0″W / 49.50972°N 115.76667°WCoordinates: 49°30′35″N 115°46′0″W / 49.50972°N 115.76667°W | ||
| Country |
 Canada
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 British Columbia
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| Regional District | East Kootenay | |
| Established | 1898 | |
| Incorporation | 1905 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Lee Pratt | |
| • Governing body | Cranbrook City Council | |
| • MP | Wayne Stetski | |
| • MLA | Bill Bennett | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 31.95 km2 (12.34 sq mi) | |
| • Agglomeration | 4,568.03 km2 (1,763.73 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 921 m (3,021 ft) | |
| Population (2016) | ||
| • Total | 20,047 | |
| • Density | 604.7/km2 (1,566/sq mi) | |
| • Agglomeration | 26,083 | |
| • Demonym | Cranbrookite, Cranbrookian | |
| Time zone | Mountain Standard (MST) (UTC-7) | |
| • Summer (DST) | Mountain Daylight (MDT) (UTC-6) | |
| Postal code span | V1C | |
| Area code(s) | 236, 250, 778 | |
| Telephone Exchanges | 236-363, 250-417, 250-420, 250-421, 250-426, 250-464, 250-489, 250-581, 250-919, 778-261, 778-450, 778-517, 778-520, 778-550, 778-570, 778-687, 778-761, 778-963 | |
| NTS Map | 082G05 | |
| GNBC Code | JAIQY | |
| Highways |
 BC 3 BC 95 BC 95A BC 93
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| Website | City of Cranbrook | |
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Cranbrook is a city in southeast British Columbia, located on the west side of the Kootenay River at its confluence with the St. Mary's River, It is the largest urban centre in the region known as the East Kootenay. As of 2016, Cranbrook's population is 20,047 with a census agglomeration population of 26,083. It is the location of the headquarters of the Regional District of East Kootenay and also the location of regional headquarters of various provincial ministries and agencies, notably the Rocky Mountain Forest District.
Cranbrook is home to the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel which presents static exhibits of passenger rail cars built in the 1920s for the CPR and in the 1900s for the Spokane International Railway. It is also the home of the Kootenay Ice, a WHL hockey team, who has won the league title 3 times and the Memorial Cup once.
Originally inhabited by Ktunaxa peoples, the land that Cranbrook now occupies was bought by European settlers, notably Colonel James Baker who named his newly acquired land Cranbrook after his home in Cranbrook, Kent, England.
In 1898 Baker had successfully convinced Canadian Pacific Railway to establish their Crowsnest Pass line through Cranbrook rather than nearby Gold Rush Boom Town Fort Steele. With that accomplishment Cranbrook became the major centre of the region, while Fort Steele declined; however, the latter is today a preserved heritage town.
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