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Erickson, British Columbia

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Country
  
Regional district
  
Central Kootenay

Postal code span
  
V0B 1G0

Elevation
  
620 m

Province
  
Region
  
East Kootenay

Time zone
  
MST, PST (UTC-7)

Highways
  
321

Local time
  
Saturday 9:58 PM

Waterway
  
Goat River

Erickson, British Columbia

Weather
  
3°C, Wind N at 5 km/h, 94% Humidity

Erickson is an unincorporated community immediately to the east of Creston, British Columbia. It is home to many cherry and apple orchards and is located on Highway 3, also known as the Crowsnest Highway.

Map of Erickson, BC, Canada

Erickson has one school, Erickson Elementary School, which is in the School District # 8 and has grades Kindergarten through Grade 7. Erickson has two wineries, three hotels, one gas station, a micro grocery, and a sawmill. There are also over 10 fruit stands scattered along the two main roads. (Highway 3 & Erickson Rd)

In 1926 the East Creston Irrigation District was established and, for the first time, Erickson had fresh running water from Arrow Creek. The pipeline from Arrow Creek is powered by gravity and no pumps are necessary from Arrow Creek all the way to Creston.

References

Erickson, British Columbia Wikipedia


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