Golden, British Columbia

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subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = BC
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_name2 = Columbia Valley
subdivision_type3 = Regional District
subdivision_name3 = Columbia-Shuswap
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leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Jim Doyle
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leader_name1 = Golden Town Council
leader_title2 = MP
leader_name2 = Jim Abbott (Cons-Kootenay/Columbia)
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leader_name3 = Norm Macdonald (NDP-Columbia/Revelstoke)
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established_title = Incorporated
established_date = 1957
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timezone = Mountain Time Zone
utc_offset = -7
timezone_DST = Mountain Daylight Time
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latd= 51 |latm= 18 |lats= 7 |latNS=N
longd= 116|longm= 58|longs= 0|longEW=W
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website = [http://www.town.golden.bc.ca/ Town of Golden Home Page]
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Golden is a town in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located 262 kilometres (163 miles) west of Calgary, Alberta and 713 kilometres (443 miles) east of Vancouver. Much of the town's history is tied into the Canadian Pacific Railway and the logging industry. Today, the town's economy still relies heavily on those two influences, but the development of Kicking Horse Resort, along with other outdoor adventure companies, has allowed the town to diversify into tourism. Mt.7 which is just south-east of town is popular with paragliding, hang gliding, and mountain biking enthusiasts. Golden is also home to one of the campuses of the College of the Rockies.

Golden is nestled in the Columbia Valley built around the confluence of the Columbia River and Kicking Horse River, surrounded by three different mountain ranges and five National Parks; Yoho National Park, Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Glacier National Park, and Kootenay National Park.

Golden is located on Highway 1 (the Trans-Canada Highway) and it is the terminus of Highway 95, connecting it to the United States.

Kicking Horse Pedestrian Bridge is the longest freestanding timber frame bridge in Canada. [cite web
url=http://www.tourismgolden.com/activities/other/142
title=Kicking Horse Pedestrian Bridge
publisher=Tourism Golden
accessdate=2008-08-21] Planned as a community project by the [http://www.tfguild.org/ Timber Framer's Guild] , volunteers from Golden were joined by carpenters and timber framers from the United States and from Europe. The bridge structure is convert|150|ft|m long, with a 210,000-pound Burr arch structure. The bridge was completed in September 2001.

References

External links

* [http://www.town.golden.bc.ca/ Town of Golden] (official website)
* [http://www.TourismGolden.com/ Tourism Golden] (official website)
* [http://www.murraytimber.com/bridge.htm Construction of the covered bridge]