Balfour, British Columbia

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dot_map_caption =Location of Balfour in British Columbia, Canada
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subdivision_name = Canada
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = British Columbia
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subdivision_name2 = Central Kootenay
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leader_name1 =Nelson City Council
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leader_name2 =Alex Atamanenko (NDP)
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leader_name3 =Corky Evans (NDP)
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Balfour, also known as Balfour Bay, is an unincorporated community in British Columbia, located about km to mi|30|spell=UK northeast of the city of Nelson and located at the juncture of Kootenay Lake with its West Arm.

CPR hotel at Balfour (1918)It is the location of a vehicle ferry, which is the longest free ferry in North America. This marine link of the British Columbia highway system is made up of two vessels, the "MV Osprey", the larger of the two ferries with an 80 car capacity operating year round, and the "MV Balfour", a 35 car ferry operating only in the summer.

Balfour was once the location of one of the Canadian Pacific's grand railway hotels, the [http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_80/f_04078.gifBalfour Hotel] (linked image is c.1918).

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* [http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_80/e_09170.gifBC Archives Photo: Balfour Hotel,]
* [http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_77/d_05770.gifBC Archives Photo: Balfour Hotel, c.1915]
* [http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_80/f_04078.gifBC Archives Photo: Balfour Hotel, c.1918]
* [http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_100/a_00668.gifBC Archives Photo: CPR Steamer "SS Moyie", near Balfour, c.1900 (hotel at rear left)]