Westwold | |
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Location of Westwold in British Columbia | |
Coordinates: 50°28′20.51″N 119°46′26.52″W / 50.4723639°N 119.7740333°WCoordinates: 50°28′20.51″N 119°46′26.52″W / 50.4723639°N 119.7740333°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Postal code | V0E 3B0 |
Area code(s) | 250, 778 |
Westwold is an unincorporated settlement in the Interior of British Columbia. A small farming and logging community, it is located between Kamloops and Vernon on Highway 97. The original name for the settlement was "Grande Prairie".Glacial tills near the townsite of Westwold have provided fossils from the Sangamon interglacial period 130,000 years ago.