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Cranbrook
City in Canada

Cranbrook

Cranbrook is a city in southeast British Columbia, Canada, located approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of the confluence of the Kootenay River and the St.

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Mary's River. It is the largest urban centre in the region known as the East Kootenay. As of 2021, Cranbrook's population is 20,499 with a census agglomeration population of 27,040. It is the location of the headquarters of the Regional District of East Kootenay and also the location of the regional headquarters of various provincial ministries and agencies, notably the Rocky Mountain Forest District.

Get in

Getting to Cranbrook

Cranbrook is often visited unintentionally since it's on British Columbia's Highway 3 that crosses the southern portion of the province. Cranbrook is easily reached in 4 hr of driving from Calgary, and about 10 hr driving from Vancouver. Cranbrook can be reached from the United States from either Idaho by crossing at the Kingsgate/Eastport crossing on US 95 or from Montana at the Roosville crossing on US-93. = =

See

Worth seeing

Cranbrook has as its backdrop the Rocky Mountains. Any visitor equipped with a camera will find no shortage of locations to photograph nature. Elizabeth Lake, located at the south end of Cranbrook, is a wildlife sanctuary and home to many different birds and animals, ripe for the photographing. Cranbrook dates back to the late 1800s and has lots of history to check out around downtown.

  1. 01
    Cranbrook History Centre
  2. 02
    Fort Steele Heritage Town

    9851 Highway 93/95, Fort Steele (17 km NE of the city),.

  3. 03
    Key City Theatre
  4. 04
    Ave N

    From internationally renowned performers to community productions, this is the heart of the Kootenay's performing arts scene.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Cranbrook Golf Club

    2700 2nd St S, golfpro@golfcranbrook.com.

  2. 02
    Cranbrook Community Forest
  3. 03
    Mount Fisher

    Hike to the top of this mountain, which is tallest peak in the Kootenay Range at 2,846 m (9,336 ft).

Eat

Where to eat

Cranbrook has most major fast food restaurant chains. Casual dining is somewhat limited and includes chain a number of chain restaurants. You will find that fine dining is severely limited. Some local favourites include:

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: James Heilman, MD (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.