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Birken
British Columbiahamlet
Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Birken is a hamlet that lies in British Columbia, Canada. Birken maps to 50.485°, -122.590° — squarely within the cool temperate belt. Detailed population figures are not currently catalogued in the open data sources we track. The location receives about 1,170 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 46% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience long cool seasons and short, mild summers. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in British Columbia
- Birkenhead Lake Estates6.1 mi away
- D'Arcy6.8 mi away
- Ponderosa Estates10.6 mi away
- McGillivray11.6 mi away
- Líl̓wat / Mount Currie12.9 mi away
- Pemberton14.9 mi away
- Seton Portage19.5 mi away
- Bralorne22.3 mi away
- Parkhurst26.7 mi away
- Gold Bridge27.6 mi away
- Baptiste Smith (Q'aLaTKú7eM)30 mi away
- Sachteen34.9 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
- Wildfire Electric, Whatcom, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-22 · 137 mi
- Wildfire Thunder Creek, Skagit, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-22 · 151 mi
- Wildfire SISI, Chelan, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-14 · 168 mi
- Wildfire KING, Kittitas, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-19 · 217 mi
- Wildfire GOAT, Kittitas, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-22 · 220 mi
Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species









Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • NASA EONET