Cranbrook Attractions
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Cranbrook, lying in the valley between the Purcell Mountains and the Rockies, is the largest town in the south-east of British Columbia. Sheltered from the rains by the Purcell Mountains Cranbrook enjoys a dry climate with plenty of sunshine and there are some excellent excursions to be made into the charming countryside surrounding it.
In addition to tourism, the town's economy is nowadays based mainly on the timber industry, mining, cattle-rearing and service industries for the region's 70,000 or so inhabitants.
In the mid-1880s, a time of great tension between the settlers who streamed here across the Rockies when the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed and the native Kootenay Indians who feared for their traditional way of life.
In addition to tourism, the town's economy is nowadays based mainly on the timber industry, mining, cattle-rearing and service industries for the region's 70,000 or so inhabitants.
In the mid-1880s, a time of great tension between the settlers who streamed here across the Rockies when the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed and the native Kootenay Indians who feared for their traditional way of life.
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