Kettle Valley
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name =Kettle Valley
|other_name =
|native_name =
|nickname =
|settlement_type =
|motto =
|image_skyline =
|imagesize =
|image_caption =
|image_flag =
|flag_size =
|image_seal =
|seal_size =
|image_shield =
|shield_size =
|city_logo =
|citylogo_size =
|image_map =
|mapsize =
|map_caption =
|pushpin_map = Canada British Columbia
|pushpin_label_position =
|pushpin_map_caption =Location of Kettle Valley in British Columbia
|pushpin_mapsize =
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = {{BC}}
|subdivision_type2 = Region
|subdivision_name2 = Boundary Country
|subdivision_type3 = Regional District
|subdivision_name3 = Kootenay Boundary
|subdivision_type4 =
|subdivision_name4 =
|government_footnotes =
|government_type =
|leader_title =
|leader_name =
|leader_title1 =
|leader_name1 =
|leader_title2 =
|leader_name2 =
|leader_title3 =
|leader_name3 =
|leader_title4 =
|leader_name4 =
|established_title =
|established_date =
|established_title2 =
|established_date2 =
|established_title3 =
|established_date3 =
|area_magnitude =
|unit_pref =
|area_footnotes =
|area_total_km2 =
|area_land_km2 =
|area_water_km2 =
|area_total_sq_mi =
|area_land_sq_mi =
|area_water_sq_mi =
|area_water_percent =
|area_urban_km2 =
|area_urban_sq_mi =
|area_metro_km2 =
|area_metro_sq_mi =
|area_blank1_title =
|area_blank1_km2 =
|area_blank1_sq_mi =
|population_as_of =
|population_footnotes =
|population_note =
|population_total =
|population_density_km2 =
|population_density_sq_mi =
|population_metro =
|population_density_metro_km2 =
|population_density_metro_sq_mi =
|population_urban =
|population_density_urban_km2 =
|population_density_urban_sq_mi =
|population_blank1_title =
|population_blank1 =
|population_density_blank1_km2 =
|population_density_blank1_sq_mi =
|timezone =
|utc_offset =
|timezone_DST =
|utc_offset_DST =
|coordinates = {{coord|49|03|00|N|118|56|00|W|region:CA-BC|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes =
|elevation_m =
|elevation_ft =
|postal_code_type =
|postal_code =
|area_codes = 250, 778, 236, & 672
|blank_name =
|blank_info =
|blank1_name = Highways
|blank1_info = off {{jct|state=BC|Hwy|3}}
|website =
|footnotes =
}}
Kettle Valley is on the south side of the Kettle River in the Boundary region of south central British Columbia.{{BCGNIS|3801|Kettle Valley (community)}} The unincorporated settlement, on Kettle Valley Rd S. (off BC Highway 3), is by road about {{convert|29|km|mi|0}} west of Greenwood and {{convert|56|km|mi|0}} east of Osoyoos.
Name origin
The name came from the Kettle Valley Railway presence.
Railway
The former train station, on the north side of the Kettle River, was {{convert|8.8|mi|km|1|order=flip}} northwest of Midway, and {{convert|2.9|mi|km|1|order=flip}} east of Rock Creek.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chung/chungtext/items/1.0362163#p11z-3r0f |p=12 (TT 70) |title=1935 timetable |website=www.library.ubc.ca}} The final passenger train ran in 1964.{{Cite web | url=http://www.crowsnest-highway.ca/cgi-bin/citypage.pl?city=ROCK_CREEK#3 | title=Rock Creek | website=www.crowsnest-highway.ca}}
Community
The post office operated 1913–1975.{{Cite web | url=https://www.nelsonstar.com/community/kettle-river-was-first-known-as-nehoialpitku | title=Nelson Star, 7 Jun 2015 | website=www.nelsonstar.com}} By 1918, the rural hamlet also had an Anglican church and population of 60.{{Cite web | url=https://bccd.vpl.ca/index.php/browse/title/1918/Wrigley%27s_British_Columbia_Directory |title=1918 BC Directory |website=www.bccd.vpl.ca}} Nowadays, most residences lie south of the river, across the concrete-decked bridge which replaced the war-surplus Bailey bridge in 2001.{{Cite web | url=http://www.crowsnest-highway.ca/cgi-bin/citypage.pl?city=rock_creek#4 | title=Rock Creek | website=www.crowsnest-highway.ca}}
References
{{reflist}}
Category:Designated places in British Columbia
Category:Populated places in the Boundary Country
Category:Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
{{KootenayBoundary-geo-stub}}