The valley is home to the villages of Slocan City, New Denver, Silverton, as well as the unincorporated communities of Crescent Valley, Slocan Park, Passmore, Vallican, Winlaw, Appledale, Perry Siding, Lemon Creek, Rosebury, and Hills. Valhalla Provincial Park is located on the western side of the upper part of the valley, and is adjoined on its south by the valley of the Little Slocan River. Just east of Slocan Lake are the ghost towns of Sandon, Cody and others, which were busy mining towns during the silver and galena mining era known as the Silvery Slocan (1890s-1900s).
Name
The word slocan is derived from the Sinixt word meaning "pierce, strike on the head", a reference to the harpooning of salmon.
Geography
The Slocan Valley is about 105 kilometres long, and 5 to 10 kilometres wide. It is one part of the 400km-long Kootenay Arc, made of sedimentary, volcanic and metamorphic rock. The Slocan Valley is located in the Selkirk Mountains which were created 200 million years ago, during the Jurassic period.
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More than 2,700 Slocan Valley residents may be eligible for compensation after B.C. and 3 other defendants agree to pay for damages, including personal injury, in connection with the environmental crisis ... .
Hot and dry climes in the valley aren’t contributing to out-of-control times for wildfire activity in the Slocan Valley complex, which currently has two fires of note on the ledger ... .
There remains about 550 properties under evacuation orders, largely due to the ShetlandCreek fire near Ashcroft, the Antler Creek fire near Wells, and the Aylwin Creek fire in the Slocan Valley ... .
) ...The newAAC for the TFL is 56,100 cubic metres ... TFL 3 comprises 78,091 hectares in the West Kootenays, about 40 kilometres north of Castlegar, near the village of Slocan ... The deputy chief forester also sought and considered public and industry input.
by logging, road building and other industrial activities against the backdrop of climate change ... The B.C ... "I grew up in the Slocan Valley and I've worked with many wildlife and conservation groups throughout B.C ... 11, 2023 ... .
Regional District of Central Kootenay officials say they’re investigating to see if two recent raves held in the Slocan Valley violated the local government’s noise bylaw.
The eastern Arrow Lakes, including Nakusp, and the entire Slocan Valley were added to the new Vernon-Monashee riding, while suburbs of Castlegar and the Beaver Valley, part of greater Trail, were added to the East Kootenay riding.
In Similkameen–South Okanagan–West Kootenay (the proposed new name for this riding), some communities northeast of Castlegar in the Slocan Valley would be re-attached from ...
Residents of the Slocan Valley will finally have their day in court seeking compensation for the damage caused when 35,000 litres of jet fuel spilled into Lemon Creek a decade ago this week.
"This seizure is particularly notable for the Slocan Valley," said Cpl ...There are about 5,000 residents in the Slocan Valley, located in the West Kootenay, consisting of several small communities.
Several waterways in southern B.C. have also been upgraded to a flood watch as the RiverForecastCentre warns the Kettle and Granby rivers in the Boundary basin and the Slocan River near Crescent Valley will continue to rise through the weekend ...B.C ... .
