Cranbrook, British Columbia Totally Explained

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Cranbrook, British Columbia is a city in southeast British Columbia, seat of the Regional District of East Kootenay. As of the 2006 census the population is 18,267, spread over an area of 25.14 square kilometres for a population density of 726.5 persons per square kilometre.
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. Cranbrook is also home to many NHL players to where it has won 11 Stanley Cup Championships within 13 years. (1994-95 to 2006-07).

History

Originally inhabited by the Ktunaxa natives 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 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 site.
On November 1, 1905, Cranbrook was incorporated as a city.

Geography

While much of the city is relatively flat, Cranbrook is surrounded by many rising hills where many residential homes are located(External Link

). In addition Cranbrook faces the Purcell Mountains to the west and the Rocky Mountains to the north and east.

Climate

Environment Canada reports Cranbrook as having the most sunshine hours of any BC city at approximately 2228.6 hours annually. Because of that it's a fairly dry city throughout the year, and when precipitation does fall a good percentage of it'll be in the form of snow. Environment Canada also states that the city experiences some of the lightest wind speeds year-round, has few foggy days, and has among the highest average barometric pressure of any Canadian city. (See link

) Frost-free days average 110 days, typically occurring between May 26 to September 14. Mean daily temperatures range from -8.3°C to 18.2°C. However, temperatures can range from -30°C in the winter to 35°C+ in the summer months.

Education

The East Kootenay city is home to the main campus of the College of the Rockies, which has over 2500 full and part-time students from over 21 countries(External Link

).
Public schools are run by School District 5 Southeast Kootenay, consisting of seven elementary schools and two middle schools that feed into the city's only high school: Mount Baker Secondary School, home to approximately 1000 students. Prior to 2004 the middle schools were referred to as junior high schools housing grades 8-10 rather than the current 7-9. However, due to declining enrollment the school district adopted the new system.
There is also a local home-school network.

Transportation

Cranbrook is at the junction of major highways 3 and 93/95, and due to its close proximity to the borders of Alberta and the United States it's an important transportation hub.
Approximately 9 km north is the Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport, which is currently undergoing an expansion including the lengthening of its runway from 6000 to 8000 feet in order to accommodate a limited number of international flights. The Airport and the city of Cranbrook are trying to attract major American airlines to operate routes here, Delta Air Lines has already commited to start Service in December.(External Link

).
Cranbrook also has a public transit system, operating buses on seven different routes.

Notable people

The following notable people came from or were born in Cranbrook:

Ray Allison, retired NHL player
Greg Andrusak, retired NHL player
Brent Carver, Professional stage actor
Glen Cochrane, retired NHL player
Jim Hiller, retired NHL player
Juggernaut, professional wrestler
Jon Klemm, NHL player
Most of the members of the rock group Lillix: Louise Burns, Lacey-Lee Evin, and Tasha-Ray Evin
Brad Lukowich, NHL player
Donald C. MacDonald, politician
Paul Machnau, professional skateboarder
Jason Marshall, NHL player
Bob McAneeley, retired WHA player
Ted McAneeley, retired NHL and WHA player
Bob Murdoch and Don Murdoch, retired NHL players
Rob Niedermayer and Scott Niedermayer, NHL players
Kate Pullinger, author
Tom Renney, NHL coach
Ben Rutledge, rower
Corey Spring, retired NHL player
Steve Yzerman, retired NHL player

Local Media

Newspapers

Cranbrook Daily Townsman - Daily paper

Kootenay Advertiser - Weekly paper, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

Job Resources

Ekjobs.ca - Job board for Cranbrook Area

Radio Stations

101.3 FM - CBC Radio One

102.9 FM - CHDR, rock

104.7 FM - CHBZ, country

106.5 FM - VOAR, religious

Television Repeaters

Channel 5: CFCN, CTV - Lethbridge, Alberta

Channel 10: CBUT, CBC - Vancouver, British Columbia

Trivia

From 1995 to 2004 every Stanley Cup winning team had a player who was either born or raised in Cranbrook(External Link

)

Sister Cities

Cranbrook is twinned with

- Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (United States)Further Information

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