Greenwood

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Greenwood

Total population

70

Coordinates49.09°, -118.68°

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

Overview

Greenwood is a city in south central British Columbia. It was incorporated in 1897 and was formerly one of the principal cities of the Boundary Country smelting and mining district. It was incorporated as a city originally and has retained that title despite the population decline following the closure of the area's industries.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Greenwood

The Boundary Creek mining district, Greenwood, British Columbia

1899

Vanishing British Columbia

Michael Kluckner · 2005

Geology of the Greenwood Map-Area British Columbia

Geological Survey of Canada. · 1979

Early Tertiary Stratified Rocks, Greenwood Map-Area, British Columbia

Geological Survey of Canada. · 1967

Greenwood-Phoenix area, British Columbia (report and map)

Geological Survey of Canada. · 1945

Geology of the Greenwood map-area, British Columbia

H. W. Little · 1983

Early Tertiary stratified rocks, Greenwood map-area, British Columbia

J. W. H. Monger · 1968

The Doukhobors of British Columbia

Doukhobor Research Committee. · 1955

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire HUDSPETH, Stevens, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 73 mi
• Wildfire MITRE ROCK, Stevens, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 83 mi
• Wildfire Parker Lake, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 94 mi
• Wildfire Silver, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 97 mi
• Wildfire AUTUMN LANE, Spokane, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 102 mi
• Wildfire OLD TRAILS, Spokane, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 110 mi
• Wildfire SISI, Chelan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-14 · 111 mi
• Wildfire FAIRVIEW, Spokane, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 111 mi

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

Recently spotted species

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

Seen 2026-09-21

California Tortoiseshell

Nymphalis californica

Seen 2026-09-21

American Three-toed Woodpecker

Picoides dorsalis

Seen 2026-09-21

Oregon Boxwood

Paxistima myrsinites

Seen 2026-09-21

Corn Smut

Mycosarcoma maydis

Seen 2026-09-14

Prairie Falcon

Falco mexicanus

Seen 2026-09-13

Large Gray Dagger

Acronicta insita

Seen 2026-09-08

Star Jelly

Nostoc commune

Seen 2026-09-07

California Quail

Callipepla californica

Seen 2026-09-07

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

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