Ymir

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Ymir

Coordinates49.28°, -117.22°

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

Overview

In Norse mythology, Ymir, also called Aurgelmir, Brimir, or Bláinn, is the ancestor of all jötnar. Ymir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material, in the Prose Edda, written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century, and in the poetry of skalds. Taken together, several stanzas from four poems collected in the Poetic Edda refer to Ymir as a primeval being who was born from atter, yeasty venom that dripped from the icy rivers called the Élivágar, and lived in the grassless void of Ginnungagap. Ymir gave birth to a male and female from his armpits, and his legs together begat a six-headed being. The grandsons of Búri, the gods Odin and Vili and Vé, fashioned the Earth—elsewhere personified as a goddess named Jörð—from Ymir's flesh; the oceans from his blood; from his bones, the mountains; from his hair, the trees; from his brains, the clouds; from his skull, the heavens; and from his eyebrows, the middle realm in which humankind lives, Midgard. In addition, one stanza relates that the dwarfs were given life by the gods from Ymir's flesh and blood.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Blewett
  15.6 mi away
• Glade
  16.4 mi away
• Tarrys
  16.8 mi away
• Thrums
  17 mi away
• Shoreacres
  17.3 mi away
• Bonnington Falls
  17.5 mi away
• Playmor Junction
  18.1 mi away
• South Slocan
  18.3 mi away
• Ootischenia
  18.6 mi away
• Fruitvale
  18.8 mi away · pop. 1,958
• Crescent Valley
  19.1 mi away
• Brilliant
  19.4 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.

Books about Ymir

Geology, Ymir, British Columbia

Ymir mining camp, British Columbia

Charles Wales Drysdale · 1917

Ymir Mining Camp, British Columbia

Geological Survey of Canada. · 1917

Ymir, Kootenay District, British Columbia

Ymir Mining Camp, British Columbia [microform]

Charles Wales 1885-1917 Drysdale · 2021

Lode gold deposits of Ymir-Nelson area, British Columbia

William Egbert Cockfield · 1936

Lode Gold Deposits of Ymir-Nelson Area, British Columbia

Geological Survey of Canada. · 1936

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Parker Lake, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 39 mi
• Wildfire Silver, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 52 mi
• Wildfire BRADEEN HILL, Stevens, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-25 · 79 mi
• Wildfire HUDSPETH, Stevens, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 93 mi
• Wildfire AUTUMN LANE, Spokane, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 104 mi
• Wildfire FAIRVIEW, Spokane, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 106 mi
• Wildfire MITRE ROCK, Stevens, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 108 mi
• Wildfire OLD TRAILS, 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

Banded Sexton Beetle

Nicrophorus investigator

Seen 2026-09-17

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-09-17

October Thorn

Tetracis jubararia

Seen 2026-09-14

Fierce Orbweaver

Araneus saevus

Seen 2026-09-08

broadleaf cattail

Typha latifolia

Seen 2026-09-05

Bushy-tailed Woodrat

Neotoma cinerea

Seen 2026-08-31

Treble Bar

Aplocera plagiata

Seen 2026-08-31

Almond-scented Russula

Russula fragrantissima

Seen 2026-08-30

Yellow-pine Chipmunk

Neotamias amoenus

Seen 2026-08-30

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