Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area E, East Kootenay and its setting: 6 historic places within 100 km
The nearest town to Electoral Area E, East Kootenay with a top designation is Electoral Area C, East Kootenay, 39 km away. The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 11%.
Electoral Area E, East Kootenay’s surroundings: 6 historic places within 100 km
Oldest of them is Kootenae House (1807), 81 km off. Electoral Area C, East Kootenay, Kaslo and Electoral Area F, East Kootenay hold most of them, among 4 towns. Fort Steele in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay is the nearest, 26 km away.
The 6 nearest, within 100 km
| Fort SteeleNational Historic Site · 1887–1888 · 26 km away, in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay |
| Fort SteeleBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 1864 · 26 km away, in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay |
| S.S. MoyieNational Historic Site · 1898–1899 · 78 km away, in Kaslo |
| Kaslo Municipal HallNational Historic Site · 1898–1899 · 78 km away, in Kaslo |
| Kootenae HouseNational Historic Site · 1807–1813 · 81 km away, in Electoral Area F, East Kootenay |
| ColemanNational Historic Site · 1903–1972 · 97 km away, in Crowsnest Pass |
Within 100 km of Electoral Area E, East Kootenay, the record goes back to 1807
Out to 100 km from Electoral Area E, East Kootenay, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
Within 100 km, building dates exist for 6 places. 2 predate Confederation. Kootenae House, in Electoral Area F, East Kootenay, goes back furthest, to 1807.
Most of Electoral Area E, East Kootenay’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 42%
Over half of the homes in Electoral Area E, East Kootenay were already standing by 1981. New building in Electoral Area E, East Kootenay runs at the usual pace: 4.6% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%. In Electoral Area E, East Kootenay, 25% of homes date from 1981 to 2000, much as in most towns (23%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Electoral Area E, East Kootenay in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 11%, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
Questions about Electoral Area E, East Kootenay’s history
How many historic places does Electoral Area E, East Kootenay have on the registers?
Electoral Area E, East Kootenay has none of its own; Fort Steele, in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay, the closest at 26 km, holds the highest designation.
How old are the homes in Electoral Area E, East Kootenay?
Before 1961: 11% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).