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| Place | Three Forks |
| Type | Locality |
| Province / Territory | British Columbia (BC) |
| Location | Kootenay Land District |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 50.016667 |
| Longitude | -117.28333 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | V0G |
| Area Code | 236, 250, 604, 672, 778 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | JDEKJ |
Three Forks is a locality in Kootenay Land District, British Columbia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Three Forks is located at 50.0167°N, 117.2833°W.
Three Forks occupies a rugged, high-altitude fold within the Kootenay Land District, defined by the steep, shadowed contours of the Silver Ridge. It lies 44.2 km south-east of Nakusp, BC (from Nakusp, BC: bearing 124°T), and is situated 7.3 km east-north-east of New Denver. The terrain here holds a sharp, clean austerity, where the air thins and cools long before the sun dips behind the jagged horizon. To the north, the massive presence of the New Denver Glacier acts as a silent, frozen sentinel, casting a pale, ancient light across the valley floor. Nearer to the site, the waters of Bear Lake offer a stillness that contrasts with the restless, shifting winds of the high slopes, while Rosebery Park marks the transition toward the lower, more sheltered reaches of the basin. The history of Three Forks draws its substance from the hard, subterranean labor of the Kootenay Land District, where the promise of mineral wealth once turned quiet slopes into sites of intense human industry. While the echoes of early mining efforts have faded, the character of the land persists, shaped by those who worked the rock and braved the isolation of the high country. Life in Three Forks maintains a quiet focus on the seasonal shifts, far removed from the more distant, rushing currents of the Duncan River. Today, the local identity is found in the way the morning frost clings to the Silver Ridge, a reminder that human presence here is merely a transient guest in a landscape of stone and persistent, mountain-born weather.
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Explore Three Forks, 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: 50.016667, -117.28333. 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 Three Forks 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 Three Forks 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 |