<Tr> <Th> Waterways </Th> <Td> Granby River Kettle River </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> Official website </Td> </Tr> <P> Grand Forks, population 4,049, is a city in the Boundary Country of the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada . It is located at the confluence of the Granby River and Kettle River, a tributary of the Columbia . The city is just north of the US - Canada border, approximately 500 km from Vancouver, British Columbia and 200 km from Kelowna, British Columbia and 23 km west of the resort area of Christina Lake by road . </P> <P> Grand Forks was established in the late 19th century when copper mining dominated Boundary and Kootenay regions of BC . The city was laid out in 1895 and Grand Forks was officially established as a city on 15 April 1897 . The adjacent City of Columbia was incorporated on May 4, 1899 . By 1900, Grand Forks boasted three railways, lumber mills, a smelter, mines, a post office, a school and a hospital . Grand Forks and Columbia amalgamated in 1903 . In 1907, it was the home of a local branch of the Western Federation of Miners . </P>

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