Boundary Falls, British Columbia

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Boundary Falls
Location of Boundary Falls in British Columbia
Coordinates: 49°01′59″N118°42′04″W / 49.03306°N 118.70111°W / 49.03306; -118.70111
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia
Region Boundary Country
Regional district Kootenay Boundary
Area codes 250, 778, 236, & 672
Highways BC-3 (Crowsnest).svg Highway 3

Boundary Falls is a locality in the Boundary Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, south of the city of Greenwood and west of the city of Grand Forks, British Columbia. [1]

The small community, which consists of only a few small buildings, lies on the north banks of Boundary Creek at the head of a canyon the creek flows into. Not far downstream from the town, within the canyon, the creek drops over Boundary Falls, for which the town was named.

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