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| Place | Shutty Bench |
| Type | Community |
| Province / Territory | British Columbia (BC) |
| Location | Kootenay Land District |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 49.966667 |
| Longitude | -116.91667 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | V0G |
| Area Code | 236, 250, 604, 672, 778 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | JBIQE |
Shutty Bench is a community in Kootenay Land District, British Columbia, Canada. It is classified as a town. Shutty Bench is located at 49.9667°N, 116.9167°W.
Shutty Bench clings to the steep eastern shore of Kootenay Lake, a shelf of earth held fast against the rising slopes of the Blue Ridge. It lies 59.3 km north-north-east of Nelson, BC (from Nelson, BC: bearing 27°T), and is situated 6.3 km north of Kaslo. The air here holds the weight of the water, a cool, damp stillness that settles over the cedar and fir as the sun retreats behind the peaks. To the north, the Kaslo River carves its way toward the lake, bringing with it the mineral scent of high-mountain snowmelt that defines the watershed. Further out, the distant mass of the Caribou Glacier and the high, protected reaches of Kokanee Glacier Park stand as white-crowned sentinels, watching over a landscape that remains defined by its verticality and the deep, cold clarity of the lake. The history of Shutty Bench is written in the stubborn clearing of timber and the quiet persistence of those who worked the fruit orchards in the long light of the Kootenay summers. While the local economy has shifted from the early days of raw extraction, the character of Shutty Bench persists in the way residents maintain their small holdings against the encroachment of the forest. Life here follows the light, shifting from the early morning mist that clings to the lake surface to the golden hour when the shadows lengthen across the bench, turning the water into a sheet of hammered copper. It is a quiet existence, marked by the seasonal pulse of the lake and the knowledge that the wilderness of the Blue Ridge is never more than a few steps beyond the back door.
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Explore Shutty Bench, British Columbia, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 49.966667, -116.91667. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Shutty Bench includes the postal code (V0G), telephone area code (236, 250, 604, 672, 778). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Location data for Shutty Bench is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |