Bonnington Falls

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Bonnington Falls

Coordinates49.47°, -117.48°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bonnington Falls were waterfalls submerged by dams on the Kootenay River between the cities of Castlegar and Nelson, in the West Kootenay region of southern British Columbia, Canada. The upper falls was named after the Falls of Clyde upper falls of Bonnington Linn.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Corra Linn
  0.7 mi away
• South Slocan
  2.8 mi away
• Playmor Junction
  2.9 mi away
• Shoreacres
  3.2 mi away
• Crescent Valley
  3.5 mi away
• Krestova
  4.6 mi away
• Blewett
  4.7 mi away
• Glade
  5.4 mi away
• Granite
  5.5 mi away
• Tarrys
  6.1 mi away
• Slocan Park
  7 mi away
• Thrums
  8.3 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Cooper's Hawk

Astur cooperii

Seen 2026-09-19

Striped Meadowhawk

Sympetrum pallipes

Seen 2026-09-17

Large-flowered Tomatillo

Physalis philadelphica

Seen 2026-09-17

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake

Thamnophis elegans

Seen 2026-09-16

Brown-lipped Snail

Cepaea nemoralis

Seen 2026-09-15

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-15

California Tortoiseshell

Nymphalis californica

Seen 2026-09-12

Large Gray Dagger

Acronicta insita

Seen 2026-09-12

Knapweed Root Weevil

Cyphocleonus achates

Seen 2026-09-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).