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Yahk / ˈ j æ k / is an unincorporated hamlet in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, just north of the Canada-U.S. border. [1] Yahk Provincial Park borders the village to the south. Yahk is located on the Moyie River. CBC Television talk show The Hour taped a live episode in Yahk on February 9, 2006.
Yahk Provincial Park is a provincial park located just south of Yahk, British Columbia, 70 kilometres south of Cranbrook, and 14.5 kilometres north of the Canada–United States border at Kingsgate in British Columbia, Canada.
In 1941, British Columbia introduced numbered highways, with Highway 95 begin designated on 11 km (7 mi) Yahk–Kingsgate Highway, the northern extension of U.S. Route 95, while the Kootenay–Columbia Highway between Cranbrook and Golden was designated as Highway 4. [5]
The list of provincial parks of the Okanagan contains the provincial parks located within this geographic region of the province of British Columbia.It includes parks from the three regional districts of Central Okanagan, North Okanagan and Okanagan-Similkameen.
The Moyie River originates in southeast British Columbia. It flows northeast and east, collecting many headwater streams, before turning south and entering Moyie Lake.The river exits Moyie Lake to the south, flowing south and west by the village of Yahk, British Columbia, and Yahk Provincial Park before entering Idaho at Kingsgate, British Columbia, and Eastport, Idaho.
According to British Columbia's Geographical Names Information System, "Yahk" is a Kootenai word meaning either "arrow" or "bow" and referring either to the Yaak River or the Kootenai River. The southward curve of the Kootenai River (from Canada into the United States and back into Canada) is said to be a "bow", with the Yaak River possibly ...
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The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. In the 2016 census, the population was 60,439. Its area is 27,542.69 km 2 (10,634.29 sq mi). The regional district offices are in Cranbrook, the largest community in the region.