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Old Town
British Columbiahamlet
Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Old Town is a hamlet in British Columbia, Canada. On the world map it falls within the Western Hemisphere, specifically at 49.551°, -115.968°. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,310 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 51% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. Continue scrolling for population, climate, environmental and points-of-interest data drawn from public sources.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves6,835
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves6,750
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves5,731
- Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli (Ridgway, 1886) · Aves5,699
- American RobinTurdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves5,661
- Common RavenCorvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves5,627
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves4,703
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves4,302
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.2 — 2026-09-1737 km ENE of Nelson, Canada
- M 3.2 — 2026-05-1630 km ESE of Nelson, Canada
- M 2.9 — 2026-04-157 km N of Sparwood, Canada
- M 2.7 — 2026-02-1834 km W of Kimberley, Canada
- M 2.54 — 2024-10-2511 km SSE of Elkford, Canada
- M 2.5 — 2024-03-3037 km ESE of Nelson, Canada
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in British Columbia
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 Parker Lake, Boundary, IdahoWildfires · 2026-08-23 · 56 mi
- Wildfire Silver, Boundary, IdahoWildfires · 2026-08-23 · 71 mi
- Wildfire Skillet, Lincoln, MontanaWildfires · 2026-07-29 · 89 mi
- Wildfire Deer Creek, Lincoln, MontanaWildfires · 2026-08-20 · 104 mi
- Wildfire BRADEEN HILL, Stevens, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-07-25 · 130 mi
- Wildfire Dudley, Shoshone, IdahoWildfires · 2026-08-26 · 139 mi
- Wildfire FAIRVIEW, Spokane, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-01 · 140 mi
- Wildfire HUDSPETH, Stevens, WashingtonWildfires · 2026-08-01 · 142 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
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • NASA EONET