Crawford Bay, British Columbia

Crawford Bay
—  Village  —
Crawford Bay Location of Crawford Bay in British Columbia
Coordinates: 49°41′00″N 116°49′00″W / 49.6833333°N 116.8166667°W / 49.6833333; -116.8166667
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Region	Kootenays
Regional district	Central Kootenay
Population (2006)
- Total	332
Time zone	MST, PST (UTC-7)
postal code	V0B 1E0
Area code(s)	250
Highways	3A
Waterways	Kootenay Lake Crawford Creek

Crawford Bay is a community of approximately 350 people,^[1] situated in the Purcell mountain range on the eastern shore of Kootenay Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.^[2] The community is located on Highyway 3A, one hour's drive north of Creston, one hour southeast across Kootenay Lake from the city of Nelson.

History, Geography, Demographics and Economy

The West Kootenay region of British Columbia, where the community of Crawford Bay is situated, is part of the traditional territories of the Sinixt and Ktunaxa peoples.^[3]

Arts, Culture, Attractions and Sport

Crawford Bay plays host to a music festival each July. The Starbelly Jam, an annual event since 1999, is a weekend-long outdoor music festival which features a wide variety of musical styles.^[4]

The village centre, along Highway 3A, is home to a collection of working artisan studios including: a forge, broommaker, potters, weavers, copper enamellists, glassblowers, and jewellers.^[5]

Crawford Bay hosts an autumn agricultural fair that dates back to 1910 and features a juried display of locally grown produce, homemade goods and artistic creations.^{cit req}

Kokanee Golf Resort, located within Crawford Bay, is a championship 18-hole course designed by Norman Wood in 1968.

Government and Infrastructure

The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) is the local governing body for Crawford Bay. The village lies within Electoral Area A in the RDCK and the current director for Area A is Gary Jackman.^[6] Provincially, Crawford Bay lies within the electoral riding of Nelson-Creston, currently represented in the provincial legislature by NDP MLA Michelle Mungall.^[7] Federally, Crawford Bay is part of the riding of Kootenay-Columbia, currently represented by Conservative Party MP Jim Abbott.^[8]

Education and Media

The village school, Crawford Bay School, offers kindergarten to Grade 12, and serves the entire eastern shore of Kootenay Lake. In 2009 a new school building was constructed on a larger piece of land. It became the first school in British Columbia to meet the LEED Green Building Rating System requirements. The school design also received a Wood WORKS! Community Recognition Award from the Canada Wood Council.^[9]

Also serving the 'east shore' community, which includes Crawford Bay, is a local newspaper called The Eastshore Mainstreet.^[10] The paper is published monthly and focuses on local issues and events.^[11]

See also

Crawford Bay Airport
Kootenays

References

1. ^ Statistics Canada (March 13, 2007). "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Canada. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=1302&PR=59&SR=1&S=1&O=A. Retrieved 2007-07-01. 
2. ^ Province of British Columbia (2010). "Crawford Bay". BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office. British Columbia. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38317.html. Retrieved 2010-07-25. 
3. ^ Paula Pryce, Keeping the Lakes' way: reburial and the re-creation of a moral world among an invisible people University of Toronto Press, 1999. Page 7. ISBN 0-8020-4419-0. passim.
4. ^ "The Starbelly Jam Music Festival" The Starbelly Jam Crawford Bay, British Columbia, Canada 2010 http://www.starbellyjam.org. Retrieved 2010 
5. ^ "The Artisians of Crawford Bay, BC, Canada" http://www.artisansofcrawfordbay.com/. Retrieved 2010 
6. ^ "RDCK Directors" Central Kootenay Regional District British Columbia, Canada http://www.rdck.bc.ca/corporate/governance/directors.html. Retrieved 2010 
7. ^ "Michelle Mungall MLA: Nelson-Creston" British Columbia, Canada http://www.michellemungall.com/. Retrieved 2010 
8. ^ "Jim Abbott Strong Leadership a better Canada" British Columbia, Canada http://www.jimabbott.ca/. Retrieved 2010 
9. ^ "Crawford Bay Elementary Secondary School" Crawford Bay, British Columbia, Canada http://www2.sd8.bc.ca/schools/crawfordbay/our-school.htm. Retrieved 2010 
10. ^ http://www.mainstreet.eshore.ca/, Retrieved April 21, 2011.
11. ^ http://www.kootenaylake.bc.ca/residents/community_services_directory.php, Community Services Directory, Eastshore Mainstreet, April 21, 2011.

External links

• The East Shore Mainstreet newspaper interactive website
• East Shore Kootenay Lake Chamber of Commerce website
• Starbelly Festival Website
• Artisans of Crawford Bay website
• Kokanee Springs Golf Resort website