Kingsgate, British Columbia
Kingsgate is a port of entry in southeastern British Columbia,[1] just north of the Canada–US border at Eastport, Idaho, and is the site of the Eastport-Kingsgate Border Crossing.[2][3]
Kingsgate is on the Columbia Highway, BC 95, the north–south highway in the southeastern corner of the province. Opened in 1957, the highway goes to U.S. Route 95 from which the highway takes its number. It is also the point where the Union Pacific Railroad connects with Canadian Pacific Kansas City's railway line.
A silver and lead mine operated north of Kingsgate near 049°01′00″N 116°16′52″W / 49.01667°N 116.28111°W
around 1948, with deposit types characterized as polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au.[4]
Water quality[edit]
An analysis of 11 years of results from a water quality monitoring station on the Moyie River near Kingsgate[5] stated that the river's water quality was "generally good", but with some metal levels exceeding provincial limits during freshets (high water events on a river resulting from snow and river ice melting or from heavy rain). E.coli and fecal coliform measurements indicated that the river's water could not be used for drinking water without filtration and disinfection.[6] Other reports about water quality at that location have also been published.[7]<ref>"Water quality assessment of Moyie Creek at Kingsgate (1980-2004)" (PDF). Victoria, B.C.: [Water, Air and Climate Change Branch], Ministry of Environment. 2005. OCLC 858656570.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Kingsgate, British Columbia". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ↑ "Upgraded Kingsgate port of entry officially opened by MP David Wilks". Today in BC. 16 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-11-10. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Canada Border Services Agency (2013-05-17). "Directory of CBSA Offices and Services, Kingsgate". Canada Border Services Agency. Retrieved 2024-06-26. (Canadian side)
- ↑ "Blackmore, MINFILE No 082FSE076, MINFILE Mineral Inventory". MINFILE, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ↑ "Site Details - Fresh Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance - Environment and Climate Change Canada". aquatic.pyr.ec.gc.ca. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ↑ "Canada-British Columbia Water Quality Monitoring Agreement / Water Quality Assessment of the Moyie River At Kingsgate (1990 – 2007) / Prepared By: T. C. E. Dessouki / B.C. Ministry of Environment / Prepared For: B.C. Ministry of Environment and Environment Canada" (PDF). May 2009.
- ↑ Webber, T. N.; Wipperman, B.; Environment Canada; British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands, and Parks; Canada-British Columbia Water Quality Monitoring Agreement (1996). State of water quality of Moyie River at Kingsgate, 1979-1995. Victoria, British Columbia: Environment Canada. ISBN 9780772628626. OCLC 36511444.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link) Search this book on
- 1940s photo of Royal Hotel, Kingsgate by William Scott Lythgoe (1905-1979) at Royal British Columbia Museum
- "Clara Graham interview". Part of One-room schools in B.C. collection. 1979-04-08.
In an interview with Becky Thomas and Joan Adams, Clara Graham discusses teaching in one room schools in British Columbia. Mrs. Graham taught in the following British Columbia communities: Castlegar, Windermere, Webster, Nicholson, Yale, Ainsworth and Kingsgate.
Coordinates: 49°0′N 116°11′W / 49.000°N 116.183°W
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