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Over time, Grand Forks has gradually expanded in population and now has 4,049 residents within its city limits. The greater rural area, (Area D of the Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary), has another ~3,500 residents. In May 2018 Grand Forks, and the Boundary region as a whole, were affected by flooding of the Kettle and Granby Rivers.
In 1902, the Great Northern Railway (GN) and the KVL opened Grand Forks–Curlew–Republic routes. [12] The KVL track crossed the river near Danville. [13] The GN Danville station was 4.1 miles (6.6 km) northeast of Hurlburt and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Grand Forks Junction. [14] In 1903, KVL completed a freight depot at Danville. [15]
The only east–west crossing between Western Canada and the contiguous US, the border crossing is staffed remotely by both countries. Travelers are directed to video telephones 12.5 km (7.8 mi) from the border in Angle Inlet, Minnesota to contact the Canadian or U.S. border agencies to make their declarations.
The Bulldog Tunnel, which carried the former Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) southern main line under Bulldog Mountain, is in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. By rail, the tunnel was 71.3 kilometres (44.3 mi) northeast of Grand Forks, and 39.8 kilometres (24.7 mi) west of Castlegar. [1]
The 77.1-mile (124.1 km) Kettle Falls–Grand Forks–San Poil western fork was a section of the original line built by GN under the VV&E charter for BC, and the Washington and Great Northern Railway (W&GN) charter for WA.
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Near Farron, the former summit station, which was 59.1 kilometres (36.7 mi) northeast of Grand Forks, and 52.0 kilometres (32.3 mi) southwest of Castlegar, [13] Doukhobor leader Peter (Lordly) Verigin, his secretary, and seven others were killed in October 1924, when a CP passenger car exploded. Although a crime was suspected, no charges ...
Feb. 24—A fast-moving winter system has moved out of the region, leaving just under 2 inches of snowfall in Greater Grand Forks over the last 24 hours. Morning travel will likely be slow going ...