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35-416: The dam is at the outflow of what was the upper and lower Arrow Lakes ; today the two lakes are joined forming one long reservoir extending 232 km (144 mi) north to Revelstoke Dam , and contains 8.76 km (7.1 MAF) of reservoir volume. The dam is operated by BC Hydro . The 853.4 m (2,800 ft) long earth fill and concrete dam was built as part of fulfilling Canada's obligations under

70-627: A change of 3.7% from its 2016 population of 8,039. With a land area of 19.87 km (7.67 sq mi), it had a population density of 419.6/km (1,086.8/sq mi) in 2021. According to the 2021 census , religious groups in Castlegar included: Castlegar has a humid continental climate ( Köppen Dfb ) or an inland oceanic climate ( Cfb ), bordering an inland warm-summer mediterranean climate ( Köppen Csb ). Summers are warm and sunny, with late summer being quite dry, while winters are cool and frequently unsettled. Precipitation peaks in

105-567: A fast-moving section known as the Narrows. Damming the Lower Arrow Lake resulted in water rising 12 metres (39 ft) above natural levels. As a result of higher water, the valley lost two-thirds of its arable land. Approximately two thousand people were relocated. The lake stretches from just north of Castlegar in the south to Revelstoke in the north. Another hydroelectric development Whatshan Dam , diverted Whatshan Lake from

140-731: A ferry near Brilliant on the Kootenay River in 1910, and the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood (CCUB) applied to CPR for a railway station and siding to that point. Brilliant was the centre of the CCUB commercial enterprises, including the Brilliant Jam Factory, a grain elevator, and a flax mill. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Castlegar had a population of 8,338 living in 3,549 of its 3,702 total private dwellings,

175-534: A further population of about 8,000 people. On 5 September 1811, David Thompson arrived in the area of present-day Castlegar, and camped near the mouth of the Kootenay River. A plaque dedicated to him is on the east bank of the Columbia River overlooking the town. The area's first settlement was West Waterloo, now known as South Castlegar. With widespread provincial interest in gold prospecting in

210-457: A large rock outcrop or overhang above the water, in the face of which was a hole filled with arrows. Different stories surround the meaning of the arrows, said to be shot there by the Lakes people (Sinixt) for good luck, either before or after war: On October 19, 1826, while travelling south between Upper and Lower Arrow Lakes, Simpson passed "...The Arrow Rock, so named on account of a round hole in

245-590: Is Trail Airport , 40 km (25 mi) to the south. Castlegar is part of School District 20 Kootenay-Columbia . There are four elementary schools in the town: There is one high school, Stanley Humphries Secondary School . Selkirk College 's main campus is also in Castlegar. Dozens of walking trails in and near Castlegar are maintained by the Castlegar Parks and Trails Society. The area attracts retirees and tourists for its summer and winter sports. The Columbia River flows through Castlegar. Along

280-489: Is 43.9 °C (111.0 °F) on 30 June 2021, which exceeded the previous mark of 41.1 °C (106.0 °F), recorded on 2 July 1924 and 11 July 1926. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −30.6 °C (−23.1 °F) on 30 December 1968. The West Kootenay Regional Airport is owned and operated by the City of Castlegar, and provides regular service to Vancouver International Airport . The other nearest airport

315-646: Is a community in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia , Canada. In the Selkirk Mountains , at the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers , it is a regional trade and transportation centre, with a local economy based on forestry, mining and tourism. Castlegar is home to Selkirk College , a regional airport, a pulp mill, and several sawmills. Its population of 8,338 includes many Doukhobors , who were largely responsible for much of

350-608: Is available at no charge to boaters . However, commercial traffic and floating logs have priority over leisure craft. Arrow Lakes The Arrow Lakes in British Columbia , Canada, divided into Upper Arrow Lake and Lower Arrow Lake , are widenings of the Columbia River . The lakes are situated between the Selkirk Mountains to the east and the Monashee Mountains to the west. Beachland

385-562: Is fairly rare and is interspersed with rocky headlands and steep cliffs. Mountain sides are heavily forested, and rise sharply to elevations around 2,600 metres (8,500 ft). Originally two lakes 23 kilometres (14 mi) apart, the Arrow Lakes became one 230-kilometre-long (140 mi) lake due to the reservoir created by the 1960s construction of the Keenleyside Dam ; at low water the two lakes remain distinct, connected by

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420-620: The Columbia River Treaty , along with the Duncan Dam , both were built to prevent flooding and control the flow of water in the Columbia River for downstream hydroelectric dams. It was commissioned on October 10, 1968, six months ahead of schedule. Immediately downstream of the dam a 185 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric powerhouse, the Arrow Lakes Generating Station , began construction in 1999 and

455-597: The Whatshan River directly into the Arrow Lakes, just north of the Needles-Fauquier Ferry. The Arrow Lakes are part of the traditional territory claims of the Sinixt , Okanagan and Ktunaxa peoples, though at the time of contact and during colonization only Sinixt lived along its shores. There are three ferries: The nearest bridges are upstream of the lakes at Revelstoke and downstream of

490-579: The British Columbia Power Commission and co-chairman at the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority from 1962 to 1969. The Arrow Lakes reservoir is described by BC Hydro as a "great waterway for boating", despite the effect that the 20 m (66 ft) difference between high and low water has on docks and ramps. The dam is equipped with a navigation lock - the only such lock west of Manitoba - which

525-561: The Kootenai arrived several hundred years ago from central Canada . Kp'itl'els was an Indigenous settlement on the north side of the Kootenay River, just above the junction with the Columbia River. Implements such as arrowheads and pestles have been found along the nearby Arrow Lakes . A reconstructed kekuli dwelling was discovered on Zuckerberg Island , at the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia rivers. The Doukhobors operated

560-839: The Kootenay Jiu Jitsu Academy. There are local lacrosse, golf, curling, tennis, volleyball and basketball programs. Many other fitness programs (including yoga) are offered at the Castlegar Community Complex. Castlegar's main business street, Columbia Avenue, runs the length of the city. It becomes Highway 22 at its south end, and the Robson Bridge at its north end. Most of Castlegar's local businesses are located there. There are several neighbourhoods in Castlegar, including Downtown, Southridge, Oglow Subdivision, Woodland Park, Grosvenor, Kinnaird , and Blueberry Creek. The city's outskirts include

595-537: The Lake Indians. He told me there was such a place, but not speaking [his] language I could get no further information." (letter from Ranald Macdonald to Malcolm McLeod, 29 December 1890, held in Provincial Archives [accession details not cited on BC name card] ) Source: included with note In the days before Columbus was born, the 'Indians' of the west and east Kootenay were at continual strife. It

630-525: The Mountaneirs and had captured a large quantity of arrows & having no further need of them expended them in those holes to commemorate the action. I am sure the spot is at the Lower Lake. I have made several enquiries of miners, boat-men and others, and strange to say not one of them ever saw...[the arrows]. I then began to think that I was mistaken, however questioned Big head Edward the chief of

665-528: The arrows were embedded in holes or hollows some 30 or 40 feet above us in the boat. Mr. Duncan Finlayson asked me in chinook if I wanted the arrows. I told him yes; he took up his shot gun & fired, bringing a number of them down broken. [The arrows] were picked up by the men and given to me but before doing so I remember they were closely examined.....being old voyageurs and men of Experience in Indian Arrows, they took great interest to Endeavor to solve

700-577: The city's boundary was extended to include the Blueberry Creek Irrigation District. Castlegar is in the border area between the Sinixt ( Interior Salish ) and Ktunaxa Indian bands. Experts cannot agree where one band's range ended and the other's began, as there was much overlapping of cultural and territorial activity between them. Most recent information suggests that the Sinixt were the area's original people, and that

735-709: The face full of Arrows, said to have been fired at it by the Indians when practicing the Bow and Arrow before a war excursion." (Journal of Emilius Simpson; HBC Archives' accession B223/a/3 1826 Folio 39D-41) Source: included with note "On our passage up the Columbia to the Boat Encampment, the Brigade had a spell and a smoke at this place. I recollect the boats were right under a high & perpendicular wall of rock, and

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770-479: The lakes at Castlegar . The name Arrow Lakes, though in wide use, is unofficial; the gazetted names are for Upper Arrow Lake and Lower Arrow Lake, and BC Hydro refers to them together as the Arrow Lakes Reservoir. The origin of the name was a cultural feature known as Arrow Rock on the east shore of Lower Arrow Lake, about 35 km upstream from Castlegar , opposite the community of Renata ,

805-617: The late 19th century, by 1895 there were 40 houses in Waterloo. The town boomed until the end of the century when interest in the local mines declined. Castlegar takes its name from Castlegar Estate, the ancestral home of townsite founder Edward Mahon , near Ahascragh in County Galway , Ireland. Castlegar, BC was planned in 1897. Around 1902, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) built the bridge there and laid

840-402: The neighbourhoods of Robson , Robson West, Brilliant, Raspberry, Pass Creek, Ootischenia, Tarrys, Thrums and Genelle. Castlegar is a transportation hub for its region. In addition to its airport (above), it is at the junction of highways 3A, 3 and 22. Highway 22, known locally as Columbia Avenue, runs the length of the city. At its north end, Columbia meets the Robson Bridge, carrying traffic to

875-498: The question by what tribe or nation were those arrows made. They examined the kind of wood, the cut of the feathers & even the denew, the number of turns it took to secure the feathers, but experts as they were they had to give it up — they could not solve it satisfactorily. I recollect there was something said of a large war party of Lake Indians or Upper Columbia River Indians invading the Kutanays or Mountaneirs. They had defeated

910-879: The river to the west are Scotties Marina and Syringa Provincial Park , with boating and camping amenities. The city's collegiate hockey team is the Selkirk College Saints of the BCIHL, who, as of 2016, are four-time defending league champions. The Castlegar Rebels of the KIJHL are the city's Junior "B" level hockey team. Other local sport activities include Castlegar Baseball Association, Castlegar Skating Club, Dancing at Turning Pointe Dance Studio and Scottie School of Highland Dance, Castlegar Aquanauts, Castlegar Minor Soccer Association, Selkirk Challengers Gymnastics Club, Castlegar Minor Hockey, West Kootenay Minor Football Association, Castlegar Sentinels Football Club, and

945-471: The river. So the Slocan tribes prepared for war and crossed the mountains in force to Nakusp. On embarking from their canoes at Nakusp (the bay behind the long point) they noticed signs of a great storm having passed. On proceeding up the lake for some distance they came upon the force of the enemy. But alas ! There were none to resist them, for the great storm had apparently come suddenly upon them and there

980-600: The rural suburb of Robson, accessed via Broadwater Road. There is a small highway interchange where the Robson Access Road meets Highway 3A towards Nelson . Highway 3 bisects Castlegar, providing the main access to the Grovesnor area, and crossing the Columbia River at the Kinnaird Bridge, to Ootischenia. Highway 3 and 3A provide routes through Ootischenia, and Highway 22 also connects to Blueberry. To

1015-453: The town's early development and growth. The area which became Castlegar was an important centre for the Sinixt (Lakes) Peoples. Outside the city limits are the small surrounding communities of Ootischenia , Brilliant, Robson , Robson West, Raspberry , Tarrys, Thrums, Glade, Shoreacres, Fairview, Genelle, Pass Creek and Krestova, and the much smaller communities of Deer Park, Renata, and Syringa on Lower Arrow Lake. These outlying areas have

1050-535: The wide-gauge railway tracks to Trail . They built a boxcar station at the old Waterloo Trail crossing and named it Kinnaird Station in honour of Lord Kinnaird , a CPR shareholder. There was little in Castlegar until after the completion of the CPR bridge. A Mr. Farmer built the first store, housing both the post office and town hall. William Gage built the Castlegar Hotel in 1908, which stood until 1982 when it

1085-602: The winter months when the Aleutian Low is strongest, and a range of precipitation is experienced, sometimes in short time periods. Castlegar is wetter than most places in the Southern Interior of BC, and the city receives around 400 mm more precipitation than nearby Kelowna , Penticton and Kamloops (which are in the drier Okanagan region of British Columbia, while Castlegar is in the Kootenay region). The highest temperature ever recorded in Castlegar

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1120-547: Was completed in 2002. The station is owned by the Columbia Power Corporation . Lower Arrow Lake was raised 12 metres (40 feet) above the natural levels, resulting in several towns being dismantled and relocated before their sites were flooded, including Burton . The dam was named after Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside , the Canadian ambassador to Mexico, 1944–1947. Hugh Keenleyside served as the chairman of

1155-432: Was customary for the west Kootenay Indians to winter along the southern Columbia and to ascend the stream every summer, to the lakes where hunting was good. As the tribes in the Slocan were always on the alert for war, they had their scouts out on the Arrow Lakes to note when their enemies came up the river. One summer the scouts returned from the [Arrow] Lakes with news that a particularly large force of warriors were going up

1190-405: Was destroyed by fire. Also in 1908, the first schoolhouse was built by a few local residents. A dance pavilion, garage, tourist cabins and a slaughterhouse were established by 1925. On 30 October 1946, Castlegar was incorporated into a village; and in 1966, became a town. It amalgamated with neighbouring Kinnaird into a city on 1 January 1974, effectively doubling its population. On 20 May 2004,

1225-638: Was nothing left but a heaving mass of canoe wreckage and dead bodies. The Slocan Indians took this as a great favour from the great 'Manatoo', and in token of respect they fired all their arrows at the high rock off which they lay, and wrote inscriptions on the face of the rock. Because of the vast wealth of arrow heads that fell to the bottom of the lake that day, the Indians named it Arrow Lake. (Relayed by Richard Blyth, as told to him by Chief Louis Joseph, Burton.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office. Castlegar, British Columbia Castlegar

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