Winlaw

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

Overview

Winlaw is an unincorporated community adjacent to Winlaw Creek on the east side of the Slocan River in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The locality is on BC Highway 6 about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Slocan, and 49 kilometres (30 mi) north of Castlegar.

Geography

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

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Parker Lake, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 66 mi
• Wildfire Silver, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 79 mi
• Wildfire BRADEEN HILL, Stevens, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-25 · 93 mi
• Wildfire HUDSPETH, Stevens, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 109 mi
• Wildfire SINLAHEKIN, Okanogan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-26 · 115 mi
• Wildfire MITRE ROCK, Stevens, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 122 mi
• Wildfire AUTUMN LANE, Spokane, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 126 mi
• Wildfire FAIRVIEW, Spokane, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 129 mi

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

Recently spotted species

Coral tooth fungus

Hericium coralloides

Seen 2026-09-15

Fuligo leviderma

Fuligo leviderma

Seen 2026-09-12

Large Gray Dagger

Acronicta insita

Seen 2026-09-12

Hemitrichia clavata

Hemitrichia clavata

Seen 2026-09-10

Ptenothrix maculosa

Ptenothrix maculosa

Seen 2026-09-08

Half-black Bumble Bee

Bombus vagans

Seen 2026-09-05

The Prince

Agaricus augustus

Seen 2026-09-03

Trichia varia

Trichia varia

Seen 2026-09-01

Spruce Zebra Beetle

Xylotrechus undulatus

Seen 2026-08-28

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